Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

New American Standard Bible

Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria.

King James Version

And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

Holman Bible

Some time later, King Ben-hadad of Aram brought all his military units together and marched up to besiege Samaria.

International Standard Version

Some time later, King Ben-hadad from Aram mustered his army, invaded the land, and attacked Samaria

American Standard Version

And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

Amplified

But it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram (Syria) gathered his whole army together and went up and besieged Samaria.

Bible in Basic English

Now after this, Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got together all his army and went up to make an attack on Samaria, shutting the town in on all sides with his forces.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be after this, and Benhadad king of Aram will gather all his camp and come up and press upon Shomeron.

King James 2000

And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

Lexham Expanded Bible

It happened after this that Ben-Hadad king of Aram assembled all of his army and marched up and laid siege against Samaria.

Modern King James verseion

And it happened after this Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his army and went up and lay siege to Samaria.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all the Host, and went and besieged Samaria.

NET Bible

Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked and besieged Samaria.

New Heart English Bible

It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.

The Emphasized Bible

But it came to pass, after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered together all his host, - and came up and laid siege against Samaria.

Webster

And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

World English Bible

It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.

Youngs Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathereth all his camp, and goeth up, and layeth siege to Samaria,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

בּן־הדד 
Ben-Hadad 
Usage: 25

מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

of Syria
ארם 
'Aram 
Usage: 132

קבץ 
Qabats 
Usage: 127

מחנה 
Machaneh 
Usage: 216

and went up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

References

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Context Readings

Besieged Samaria Resorts To Cannibalism

23 And he prepared great provision for them. And when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. 24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria. And, behold, they besieged it until a donkey's head was sold for eighty [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:1

And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together. And there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

Deuteronomy 28:52

And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, in which thou trusted, throughout all thy land. And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which LORD thy God ha

1 Kings 22:31

Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel.

2 Kings 17:5

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

2 Kings 18:9

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

2 Kings 25:1

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it. And they built forts

Ecclesiastes 9:14

There was a little city, and few men within it. And there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

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