2 Kings 17:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria; for three years he besieged it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.

American Standard Version (1901)

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

Common English Bible

Then the Assyrian king invaded the whole country. He marched against Samaria and attacked it for three years.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he wandered through the entire land. And ascending to Samaria, he besieged it for three years.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he went through all the land: and going up to Samaria, he besieged it three years.

2 Kings 17:5 Cross References

2 Kings 17:4

But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to King So of Egypt and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria confined him and imprisoned him.

2 Kings 18:9

In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of King Hoshea son of Elah of Israel, King Shalmaneser of Assyria came up against Samaria, besieged it,

2 Kings 6:24

Some time later King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army; he marched against Samaria and laid siege to it.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria shall bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.