Now it cameabout afterthis,that Ben-hadadkingof Aramgatheredallhis armyand wentup and besiegedSamaria.
Now Ben-hadadkingof Aramgatheredallhis army,and there [were] thirty-twokingswith him, and horsesand chariots.And he wentup and besiegedSamariaand foughtagainst it.
Now the kingof Aramhad commandedthe thirty-twocaptainsof his chariots,saying,"Do not fightwith smallor great,but with the kingof Israelalone."
Then the kingof Assyriainvadedthe wholelandand wentup to Samariaand besiegedit threeyears.
Now in the fourthyearof KingHezekiah,whichwas the seventhyearof Hosheasonof Elahkingof Israel,Shalmaneserkingof Assyriacameup againstSamariaand besiegedit.
Now in the ninthyearof his reign,on the tenthday of the tenthmonth,Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babyloncame,he and allhis army,againstJerusalem,campedagainstit and builta siegewallallaroundit.
On the ninthday of the [fourth] monththe faminewas so severein the citythat there was nofoodfor the peopleof the land.
Now the kingof Aramwas warringagainst Israel;and he counseledwith his servantssaying,"In suchand sucha placeshall be my camp."
"Ifwe say,'We will enterthe city,'then the famineis in the cityand we will diethere;and ifwe sithere,we diealso. Nowtherefore come,and let us gooverto the campof the Arameans.Ifthey spareus, we will live;and ifthey killus, we will but die."
Then Elishacameto Damascus.Now Ben-hadadkingof Aramwas sick,and it was toldhim, saying,"The manof Godhas comehere."
There was a smallcitywith fewmenin it and a greatkingcameto it, surroundedit and constructedlargesiegeworksagainstit.
"So I will sendfireupon the houseof HazaelAnd it will consumethe citadelsof Ben-hadad.
"It shall besiegeyou in allyour townsuntilyour highand fortifiedwallsin whichyou trustedcomedownthroughoutyour land,and it shall besiegeyou in allyour townsthroughoutyour landwhichthe LORDyour Godhas givenyou.
