KJV King James Version
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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2 Kings 6:24
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
WEB World English Bible
It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathereth all his camp, and goeth up, and layeth siege to Samaria,
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 6
21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite [them]? shall I smite [them]?
22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite [them]: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five [pieces] of silver.
26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַֽיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beאַחֲרֵי־H310 · a.charafterכֵ֔ןH3651 · kenrightוַיִּקְבֹּ֛ץH6908 · qa.vatsto gatherבֶּן־H1130 · ben-ha.dadBen-hadadהֲדַ֥דH1130 · ben-ha.dadBen-hadadמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingאֲרָ֖םH758 · a.ramAramאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallמַחֲנֵ֑הוּH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampוַיַּ֕עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseוַיָּ֖צַרH6696 · tsurto confineעַל־H5921 · aluponשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃H8111 · sho.me.ronSamaria
Cross-references
1 Kings 20:1And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and [there were] thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.1 Kings 22:31But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.Ecclesiastes 9:14[There was] a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:2 Kings 17:5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.Deuteronomy 28:52And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.2 Kings 25:1And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, [that] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.2 Kings 18:9And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which [was] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
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