2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 Kings 14:11 Beth-shemesh. This town on the northwest border of Judah, about 20 miles (32 km) by road from Jerusalem, guarded an important pass from the Philistine plain. Judah’s defeat here led inevitably to an assault on Jerusalem itself and the destruction of about 600 feet (183 m) of the city wall on the northern side.

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