Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

At the turn of the year, Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.

King James Version

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

Holman Bible

In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to battle Israel.

International Standard Version

Early the next year, Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and invaded Aphek in a battle against Israel.

A Conservative Version

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

Amplified

At the first of the year [in spring], Ben-hadad assembled and counted the Arameans (Syrians) and went up to Aphek [east of the Sea of Galilee] to fight against Israel.

Bible in Basic English

So, a year later, Ben-hadad got the Aramaeans together and went up to Aphek to make war on Israel.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass, at the return of the year, that Ben-Hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be at the return of the year, and Ben-hadad will review Aram, and he will go up to Aphek to the war with the king of Israel.

King James 2000

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

It happened at the turning of the year that Ben-Hadad mustered Aram and went up to Aphek for the war with Israel.

Modern King James verseion

And it happened at the return of the year Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians that went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And as soon as the year was about, Benhadad numbered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to war with Israel.

NET Bible

In the spring Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army and marched to Aphek to fight Israel.

New Heart English Bible

It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

The Emphasized Bible

And so it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, - and came up to Aphek, to fight with Israel;

Webster

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

World English Bible

It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

Youngs Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass at the turn of the year, that Ben-Hadad inspecteth the Aramaeans, and goeth up to Aphek, to battle with Israel,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it came to pass at the return
תּשׁבה תּשׁוּבה 
T@shuwbah 
Usage: 8

of the year
שׁנה שׁנה 
Shaneh (in pl. only), 
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811

בּן־הדד 
Ben-Hadad 
Usage: 25

the Syrians
ארם 
'Aram 
Usage: 132

and went up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

to Aphek
אפיק אפק 
'Apheq 
Usage: 9

to fight
מלחמה 
Milchamah 
Usage: 319

References

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Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad Again

25 and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so. 26 At the turn of the year, Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel. 27 The sons of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the country.



Cross References

2 Kings 13:17

He said, “Open the window toward the east,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” And he shot. And he said, “The Lord’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Aram; for you will defeat the Arameans at Aphek until you have destroyed them.”

1 Kings 20:22

Then the prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself and observe and see what you have to do; for at the turn of the year the king of Aram will come up against you.”

Joshua 13:4

to the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorite;

Joshua 19:30

Included also were Ummah, and Aphek and Rehob; twenty-two cities with their villages.

Judges 1:31

Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, or of Achzib, or of Helbah, or of Aphik, or of Rehob.

1 Samuel 4:1

Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped beside Ebenezer while the Philistines camped in Aphek.

1 Samuel 29:1

Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel.

1 Kings 20:30

But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber.

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