at Beth-shemesh] Compare 1 Chronicles vi. 59 [44, Hebrew] (note).
²²And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
22. to his tent] Compare vii. 10 (note).
²³And 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 brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate[¹], four hundred cubits.
[¹] So in 2 Kings xiv. 13. The text has, the gate that looketh.
23. the son of Jehoahaz] i.e. the son of Ahaziah, Jehoahaz and Ahaziah being varying forms of the same name; compare xxi. 17 (note).
brake down the wall] Rather, made a breach (or breaches) in the wall. The same verb is used in Nehemiah i. 3 (“broken down”) and Nehemiah iv. 7 (“the breaches”).
the gate of Ephraim] Its precise position is not known, but it was no doubt in the north or north-west wall of the city, on the road to Ephraim. Compare Nehemiah viii. 16.
the corner gate] Hebrew text doubtful, but LXX. ἕως πύλης γωνίας. Compare xxvi. 9; Jeremiah xxxi. 38; Zechariah xiv. 10. Most probably this gate also was near the north-west angle of the walls, 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; compare iii. 3 (note).