Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
Now it came about after this, that
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
International Standard Version
Some time later, King Ben-hadad from Aram mustered his army, invaded the land, and attacked Samaria
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.
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.
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,
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Of samaria
Israel » Hoshea » History of » The city of samaria besieged
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Jehoram, or joram
Samaria » City of, built by omri » Besieged by ben-hadad
ancient Samaria » Samaria the capital of » Besieged again by benhadad
Siege » Distress of the inhabitants during a
Siege » Instances of » Samaria
Interlinear
Qabats
Machaneh
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 6:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Besieged Samaria Resorts To Cannibalism
23 And he will purchase for them a great purchase: and they will eat and drink, and he will send them, and they will go to their lord. And the troops of Aram will add no more to come into the land of Israel. 24 And it will be after this, and Benhadad king of Aram will gather all his camp and come up and press upon Shomeron. 25 And a great famine will be in Shomeron: and behold them pressing upon it till the head of an ass was for eighty of silver, and the fourth of a cup of doves dung, for five of silver.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:1
And the son of Hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his strength; and thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he will go up and press upon Shomeron and war against her.
Deuteronomy 28:52
And he passed upon thee in all thy gates until the coming down of thy high and inaccessible fortresses which thou trustest in them in all thy land: and he passed upon thee in all thy gates in all thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee.
1 Kings 22:31
And the king of Aram commanded the chiefs of the chariots which were to him, thirty and two, saying, Ye shall not fight with little and with great, but with the king of Israel alone
2 Kings 17:5
And the king of Assur will come up upon all the land, and he will comp up to Shomeron, and press upon her three years.
2 Kings 18:9
And it will be in the fourth year to king Hezekiah, this the seventh year to Hoshea son of Elah, king of Isreel, Shalmaneser, king of Assur, came up against Shomeron and pressed, upon it.
2 Kings 25:1
And it will be in the ninth year to his reigning, in the tenth month, in the tenth to the month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel came, he, and all his strength, against Jerusalem, and he will encamp against it, and build a watch tower against her round about.
Ecclesiastes 9:14
A little city, and men in it few; and a great king came against it, and surrounded it, and built against it great entrenchments: