Now King Ben-hadad of Aram assembled his entire army. Thirty-two kings, along with horses and chariots, were with him. He marched up, besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
2 Kings 6:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Some time later, King Ben-hadad of Aram brought all his military units together and marched up and laid siege to Samaria. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Afterward, Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered his whole army and went up and besieged Samaria, American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. Common English Bible Now it happened later that Aram’s King Ben-hadad gathered all his forces and went up to attack Samaria. Catholic Public Domain Version Now it happened that, after these things, Benhadad, the king of Syria, gathered together his entire army, and he ascended and was besieging Samaria. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass after these things, that Benadad king of Syria gathered together all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria. |
Now King Ben-hadad of Aram assembled his entire army. Thirty-two kings, along with horses and chariots, were with him. He marched up, besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, ‘Do not fight with anyone at all except the king of Israel.’
The king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Israel’s King Hoshea son of Elah, Assyria’s King Shalmaneser marched against Samaria and besieged it.
In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army. They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall against it all round.
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the common people had no food.
When the king of Aram was waging war against Israel, he conferred with his servants, ‘My camp will be at such and such a place.’
If we say, “Let’s go into the city,” we will die there because the famine is in the city, but if we sit here, we will also die. So now, come on. Let’s surrender to the Arameans’ camp. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.’
Elisha came to Damascus while King Ben-hadad of Aram was ill, and the king was told, ‘The man of God has come here.’
There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.
Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace, and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.
They will besiege you within all your city gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your city gates throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.