Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 So he made a great feast for them, and they ate and drank; then he sent them, and they went to their master. And the bands of the Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel. 24 It happened after this that Ben-Hadad king of Aram assembled all of his army and marched up and laid siege against Samaria. 25 There was a great famine in Samaria, and behold, a siege [was] against it, until the head of a donkey [went] for eighty shekels of silver, and one fourth of the measure of the dung of doves [went] for five shekels of silver.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:1
Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathered all of his army, and thirty-two kings [were] with him, and horses and chariots. He went up and laid siege against Samaria and fought with it.
Deuteronomy 28:52
And it shall besiege you in all your towns {until your high and fortified walls fall}, which you [are] trusting in {throughout your land}; and it shall besiege you in all of your towns in all of your land that Yahweh your God has given to you.
1 Kings 22:31
The king of Aram commanded his thirty-two chariot commanders, saying, "You shall not fight with small or great, but only against the king of Israel, him alone!"
2 Kings 17:5
So the king of Assyria went up in all the land, then he went up [to] Samaria and besieged it [for] three years.
2 Kings 18:9
It happened in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, that [is,] the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came against Samaria and laid siege against her.
2 Kings 25:1
It happened that in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and his army, against Jerusalem. He encamped against it and built siege works against it all around.
Ecclesiastes 9:14
[There was] a small city with few people in it. A great king came and besieged it, building great siege works against it.