He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.

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28 He was brought back by horse and was buried with his ancestors in the City of Judah.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:28 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 14:20) David

23 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah,[a] at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate(A) to the Corner Gate(B)—a section about four hundred cubits[b] long.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 25:23 Hebrew Jehoahaz, a variant of Ahaziah
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:23 That is, about 600 feet or about 180 meters

17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom.

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At that time, Rezin(A) king of Aram recovered Elath(B) for Aram by driving out the people of Judah. Edomites then moved into Elath and have lived there to this day.

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22 He was the one who rebuilt Elath(A) and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.

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