Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

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.

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 So he threw a big banquet for them and they ate and drank. Then he sent them back to their master. After that no Syrian raiding parties again invaded the land of Israel. 24 Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked and besieged Samaria. 25 Samaria's food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey's head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove's droppings for five shekels of silver.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:1

Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria and besieged and attacked it.

Deuteronomy 28:52

They will besiege all of your villages until all of your high and fortified walls collapse -- those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

1 Kings 22:31

Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, "Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; fight only the king of Israel."

2 Kings 17:5

The king of Assyria marched through the whole land. He attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years.

2 Kings 18:9

In the fourth year of King Hezekiah's reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel's King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched up against Samaria and besieged it.

2 Kings 25:1

So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign.

Ecclesiastes 9:14

There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.

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