The names of these twelve officers were: Ben-hur, whose area for this taxation was the hill country of Ephraim; Ben-deker, whose area was Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; Ben-hesed, whose area was Arubboth, including Socoh and all the land of Hepher; Ben-abinadab (who married Solomon’s daughter, the princess Taphath), whose area was the highlands of Dor; Baana (son of Ahilud), whose area was Taanach and Megiddo, all of Beth-shean near Zarethan below Jezreel, and all the territory from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and over to Jokmeam; Ben-geber, whose area was Ramoth-gilead, including the villages of Jair (the son of Manasseh) in Gilead; and the region of Argob in Bashan, including sixty walled cities with bronze gates; Ahinadab (the son of Iddo), whose area was Mahanaim; Ahimaaz (who married Princess Basemath, another of Solomon’s daughters), whose area was Naphtali; Baana (son of Hushai), whose areas were Asher and Bealoth; Jehoshaphat (son of Paruah), whose area was Issachar; Shimei (son of Ela), whose area was Benjamin; Geber (son of Uri), whose area was Gilead, including the territories of King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan. A general manager supervised these officials and their work.

King Amaziah was captured, and the army of Israel marched on Jerusalem and broke down its wall from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, a distance of about six hundred feet.

King Joash of Israel captured the defeated King Amaziah of Judah and took him as a prisoner to Jerusalem. Then King Joash ordered 200 yards of the walls of Jerusalem dismantled, from the gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate.

They set up a collection system for gifts for the Temple. The money was collected at the Temple gates by the Levites on guard duty there. Gifts were brought by the people coming from Manasseh, Ephraim, and other parts of the remnant of Israel, as well as from the people of Jerusalem. The money was taken to Hilkiah the High Priest for accounting,

So the people went out and cut branches and used them to build huts on the roofs of their houses, or in their courtyards, or in the court of the Temple, or on the plaza beside the Water Gate, or at the Ephraim Gate Plaza.

then from the Ephraim Gate to the Old Gate, passed the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel, and went on to the gate of the Tower of the Hundred; then we continued on to the Sheep Gate and stopped at the Prison Gate.