2 Kings 6:24
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
KJV
Factum est autem post hæc, congregavit Benadad rex Syriæ universum exercitum suum, et ascendit, et obsidebat Samariam.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἤθροισεν υἱὸς Ἁδὲρ βασιλεὺς Συρίας πᾶσαν τὴν παρεμβολὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνέβη, καὶ περιεκάθισαν Σαμάρειαν.
LXX
And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
ASV
וַֽ/יְהִי֙ אַחֲרֵי כֵ֔ן וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֛ץ בֶּן הֲדַ֥ד מֶֽלֶךְ אֲרָ֖ם אֶת כָּל מַחֲנֵ֑/הוּ וַ/יַּ֕עַל וַ/יָּ֖צַר עַל שֹׁמְרֽוֹן
Hebrew
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14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the ministry of Elisha, the dynasty of Jehu, the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah, the prophets Jonah and Isaiah, and the fall of Samaria to the Assyrians in 722 BC. Josephus preserves traditions about Jonah and the Ninevites that supplement the biblical book.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 20:1 — And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
- 1Kgs 22:31 — But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
- 2Kgs 6:8 — Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
- 2Kgs 8:7 — And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
- 2Kgs 17:5 — Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
- Amos 1:4 — But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
- Deut 28:52 — And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy la
- Eccl 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: