Parallel Verses

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.

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;

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

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad Again

25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened to their voice, and did so. 26 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. 27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.



Cross References

2 Kings 13:17

And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou hast consumed them.

1 Kings 20:22

And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

Joshua 13:4

From the south all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, to Aphek to the borders of the Amorites:

Joshua 19:30

Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.

Judges 1:31

Neither did Asher expel the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

1 Samuel 4:1

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

1 Samuel 29:1

Now the Philistines collected all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

1 Kings 20:30

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

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