2 Chronicles 25:23

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז

Yᵉhôwʼâchâz

H3059

“Jehoahaz”

Noun, Proper

Appears 20× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at 2 Kings 10:35

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H3068 and H270

TWOT: None

Jehoahaz = "Jehovah has seized" - a king of Judah and son of Josiah - a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and son of Jehu - a king of Judah and son of Jehoram (Ahaziah)

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

27: words
21: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז Jehoahaz H3059 — appearing just 20 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז Jehoahaz H3059 occurs in 19 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

4 verbs
19 nouns
2 adjectives
1 preposition
1 particle

Verb forms

תָּפַ֛שׂ Qal · Perfect
וַיְבִיאֵ֨הוּ֙ Hiphil · Sequential Imperfect
וַיִּפְרֹ֞ץ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
הַפּוֹנֶ֔ה Qal · Participle Active

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

מֶֽלֶךְ king H4428 ×2
בֶּן son H1121 ×2
יוֹאָ֣שׁ Joash H3101 ×2
בְּבֵ֣ית Beth-shemesh H1053 ×2
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם Jerusalem H3389 ×2
מִשַּׁ֤עַר gate H8179 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 43 words from the Hebrew and 46 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 27 Hebrew tokens and 33 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 25:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

2 Chronicles 21:17 and they came up against Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
Nehemiah 8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.
2 Chronicles 22:1 The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place; for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Chronicles 26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.
Nehemiah 12:39 and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.
Jeremiah 31:38 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
2 Chronicles 22:6 He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
2 Chronicles 33:11 Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:10 At the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Yahweh, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride brings him low, But one of lowly spirit gains honor.
Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
Obadiah 1:3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?'
Luke 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew 2 Chronicles 25:23 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאֵת֩ אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֜ה בֶּן יוֹאָ֣שׁ בֶּן יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז תָּפַ֛שׂ יוֹאָ֥שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּבֵ֣ית שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וַיְבִיאֵ֨הוּ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיִּפְרֹ֞ץ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם מִשַּׁ֤עַר אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ עַד שַׁ֣עַר הַפּוֹנֶ֔ה אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אַמָּֽה

Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 25:23 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ αμασιας βασιλεύς ἰουδά ὁ ὁ ιωας καταλαμβάνω ιωας βασιλεύς ἰσραήλ ἐν βαιθσαμυς καί εἰςἄγω αὐτός εἰς ἰερουσαλήμ καί κατασπάω ἀπό ὁ τεῖχος ἰερουσαλήμ ἀπό πύλη ἐφράιμ ἕως πύλη γωνία τετρακόσιοι πῆχυς

And Joas king of Israel took prisoner Amasias king of Juda, son of Joas, son of Joachaz, in Baethsamys, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he pulled down part of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 25:23 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

25:23 The Ephraim Gate was on the north side of the city, while the Corner Gate was on the western wall.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(23) Jehoahaz.—Several Hebrew MSS. read Ahaziah, as in 2Ki_14:13, with which the rest of the verse agrees: see the Notes there. (See Note on 2Ch_21:17.)

The corner gate.—So 2Ki_14:13, rightly. Our Hebrew text has, “gate of the turning one,” or “gate that turneth;” which would require some word indicating the direction of the turning. (Comp. Eze_8:3, “gate that turneth northward.”) Some MSS., and all the versions, agree with Kings. It is merely a matter of different points. (Comp. also 2Ch_26:9.)

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

23. the son of Jehoahaz] i.e. the son of Ahaziah, Jehoahaz and Ahaziah being varying forms of the same name; cp. 2Ch_21:17 (note).

brake down the wall] Rather, made a breach (or breaches) in the wall. The same verb is used in Neh_1:3 (“broken down”) and ibid. Neh_4:7 (“the breaches”).

the gate of Ephraim] This gate cannot be identified, but its name suggests that it was on the north.

the corner gate] Heb. text doubtful, but LXX. ἕως πύλης γωνίας. Cp. 2Ch_26:9; Jer_31:38; Zec_14:10. Most probably this gate also was on the north, but nothing certain is known of its position.

four hundred cubits] About 600 feet according to the ancient cubit, and 700 according to the later standard; cp. 2Ch_3:3 (note).

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Joash took; Hebrew, cPT; "seized", (as Gen_39:12) or "caught up", (as Deu_9:17) or "capture". (as Jos_8:8) The gate of Ephraim (see Conder"s "Handbook to the Bible," p. 343). It led out on the north or north-west side of the city. There is very little to identify it with the high gate of Benjamin (see ditto, p. 346). The corner gate. This is not the translation of our Hebrew text (hnwOPh rv, which, see margin, means "that looketh"), but of the Hebrew text of the parallel (hNpij); see pp. 343-346 of Conder"s "Handbook to the Bible," and map facing p. 334, 2nd edit. Four hundred cubits. Probably about a hundred and eighty yards.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

four hundred cubits in distance

A cubit is 46 centimeters. AT: "400 cubits in distance" or "a length of 180 meters" (See: Numbers and Biblical Distance)

with Obed Edom

Here "Obed Edom" refers to this man's descendants. AT: "under the care of the descendants of Obed Edom" (See: Metonymy and How to Translate Names)

the king's house

"the royal palace"

translationWords

king

Israel

Amaziah

Ahaziah

Beth Shemesh

Jerusalem

Ephraim

gate

gold

house of God

Samaria

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

and breached the wall of... He said, “From now on, he will not rebel against me, because his heart will not be so haughty since the wall has been breached”

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 27 words (21 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Yᵉhôwʼâchâz (“Jehoahaz”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Jehoahaz” (Yᵉhôwʼâchâz) contribute to the verse as a whole?
2 Kings 10:35 shares the word «Jehoahaz» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“king” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
The verb «תָּפַ֛שׂ» is Qal Perfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Tyndale Open Study Notes and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 27 Hebrew ↔ 33 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 14 words in this verse.
“king” occurs 2× in this single verse.
21 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 27 words in this verse.