# General Information:

This is what happened after the army of Israel defeated the army of Judah at Beth Shemesh.

# He came ... He took

Here "He" refers to Jehoash and his army. AT: "Jehoash and his army came ... Jehoash's soldiers took" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# Ephraim Gate ... Corner Gate

There are the names of gates in the wall of Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# four hundred cubits

"about 180 meters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# cubits

A cubit was about 46 centimeters. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])

# with hostages also, and returned to Samaria

This implies that Jehoash needed to take these hostages to prevent Amaziah from attacking again. This can be made explicit. AT: "and they also took to Samaria some prisoners to make sure that Amaziah would cause them no more trouble" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ephraim]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gold]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/houseofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/samaria]]