Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

The king

Bible References

The king

2 Kings 18:9
Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser the king of Assyria went up against Samaria and besieged it.

Three years

2 Kings 25:1
Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he with all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it and built siege works surrounding it.
Jeremiah 52:4
Now it came about in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem; and they camped against it and built moveable towers and siege mounds all around it.

General references

Deuteronomy 28:52
They will besiege you in all your cities until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land; and they will besiege you in all your cities throughout your land which the Lord your God has given you.
Isaiah 37:11
Listen carefully, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, utterly destroying them. So will you be rescued?
Ezekiel 23:9
Therefore, I placed her in the hand of her lovers (allies), into the hand of the Assyrians whom she adored.