Verse 1

Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, gathered his entire army along with thirty-two kings, horses, and chariots. He marched up, laid siege to Samaria, and attacked it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, samlet hele sin hær. Han hadde med seg tretti-to konger, hester og vogner. Han dro opp, inntok posisjon utenfor Samaria og angrep byen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Benhadad, kongen av Syria, samlet hele sin hær, og med ham var trettito konger, hester og vogner, og han dro opp og beleiret Samaria og kjempet mot det.

• Norsk King James

  Og Benhadad, kongen av Syria, samlet hele sin hær: og det var tretti og to konger med ham, og hester, og vogner: og han dro opp og beleiret Samaria og kriget mot den.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kongen av Syria, Benhadad, samlet hele hæren sin. Han hadde med seg tretti-to konger, med hester og vogner. Så dro han opp, beleiret Samaria og angrep byen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, samlet hele hæren sin, trettito konger var med ham, samt hester og vogner. Han dro opp og beleiret Samaria, og kjempet mot byen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ben-Hadad, kongen av Syria, samlet hele sin hær: med ham var det trettito konger, og de hadde hester og vogner. Han dro opp og beleiret Samaria og kjempet mot det.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Benhadad, kongen av Syria, samlet hele sin hær: og med seg var toogtretti konger, hester og stridsvogner; og han gikk opp, beleiret Samaria og førte krig mot den.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Ben-Hadad, kongen av Syria, samlet hele sin hær: med ham var det trettito konger, og de hadde hester og vogner. Han dro opp og beleiret Samaria og kjempet mot det.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, samlet hele hæren sin, trettito konger med ham, samt hester og vogner. Han dro opp og beleiret Samaria og gikk til angrep på byen.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, samlet hele hæren sin, og med ham var tretti-to konger, og han hadde mye hester og vogner. Han dro opp og beleiret Samaria og kjempet mot den.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Benhadad, Kongen i Syrien, samlede al sin Hær, og der vare to og tredive Konger med ham, og Heste og Vogne; og han drog op og beleirede Samaria og stred imod den.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Ben-hadad 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ben-Hadad, kongen av Syria, samlet hele sin hær. Det var trettito konger med ham, med hester og vogner. Han dro opp og beleiret Samaria og førte krig mot byen.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ben-Hadad, kongen av Syria, samlet hele sin hær; og med ham var det trettito konger, med hester og vogner. Han dro opp og beleiret Samaria og angrep det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, samlet hele sin hær, trettito konger var med ham, og han hadde hester og vogner. Han dro opp og beleiret Samaria og kjempet mot det.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ben-Hadad, kongen av Syria, samlet hele sin hær; det var trettito konger med ham, med hester og vogner. Han dro opp og beleiret Samaria, og kjempet mot det.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Nå samlet Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, hele hæren sin, og trettito konger var med ham, samt hester og krigsvogner; han drog opp og kriget mot Samaria og beleiret byen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Benadab ye kynge of Siria gathered all his power, & there were two & thirtie kynges wt him, & horses & charettes, and he wente vp, and layed sege vnto Samaria, & foughte agaynst it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Ben-hadad the King of Aram assembled all his armie, and two & thirtie Kings with him, with horses, and charets, & went vp and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his hoast together, hauing thirtie & two kinges with him, and horses and charets: and went vp and besieged Samaria, & warred against it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Ben-Hadad king of Aram hath gathered all his force, and thirty and two kings `are' with him, and horse and chariot, and he goeth up and layeth siege against Samaria, and fighteth with it,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Ben-hadad 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 fought against it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and carriages of war; he went up and made war on Samaria, shutting it in.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Ben Hadad Invades Israel 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.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 15:18 : 18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold left in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace and placed them into the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, with this message:
• 1 Kgs 15:20 : 20 Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all Kinneroth, as well as all the land of Naphtali.
• 1 Kgs 22:31 : 31 Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two chariot commanders, 'Do not fight with anyone, whether small or great, except the king of Israel alone.'
• 2 Kgs 6:24-29 : 24 Afterward, Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered his entire army and marched up to lay siege to Samaria. 25 There was a great famine in Samaria, and it lasted until a donkey's head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a quarter of a kab of dove's dung went for five pieces of silver. 26 As the king of Israel was walking along the city wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help me, my lord the king!" 27 He answered, "If the LORD does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?" 28 Then the king asked her, "What is your problem?" She replied, "This woman said to me, 'Give me your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.' 29 So we cooked my son and ate him. The next day, I said to her, 'Give me your son so we may eat him,' but she had hidden her son."
• 2 Kgs 8:7-9 : 7 Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, was sick. It was reported to him, "The man of God has come all the way here." 8 The king said to Hazael, "Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" 9 Hazael went to meet him, taking a gift in his hand that included all the finest products of Damascus, loaded on forty camels. When he came, he stood before him and said, "Your son, Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to ask, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" 10 Elisha said to him, "Go and say to him, 'You will certainly recover,' but the LORD has shown me that he will surely die."
• 2 Kgs 17:5-6 : 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor River, and in the cities of Media.
• 2 Chr 16:2-4 : 2 Asa took silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the king's palace and sent them to Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, who resided in Damascus, with this message: 3 'Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. I am sending you silver and gold. Now, break your treaty with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.' 4 Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storehouse cities of Naphtali.
• Ezra 7:12 : 12 "Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven. Perfect peace, and now:
• Isa 10:8 : 8 For he says, 'Are not all my princes kings?
• Isa 37:24 : 24 Through your servants you have mocked the Lord. You have said, "With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost parts of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees. I have reached its remotest heights, the densest of its forests.
• Jer 49:27 : 27 I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, and it will consume the fortified dwellings of Ben-Hadad.
• Ezek 26:7 : 7 For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I will bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, from the north. He is a king of kings, with horses, chariots, horsemen, a great assembly, and a large army.'
• Dan 2:37 : 37 You, O king, are the king of kings, for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory.
• Amos 1:4 : 4 So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael, and it will consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
• Gen 14:1-5 : 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations, 2 that they made war against Bera, king of Sodom, Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3 All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). 4 For twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year, they rebelled. 5 In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-Kiriathaim,
• Exod 14:7 : 7 He took six hundred of the best chariots, as well as all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers in charge of all of them.
• Lev 26:25 : 25 I will bring the sword upon you to avenge the breaking of the covenant, and when you retreat into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hands of the enemy.
• Deut 20:1 : 1 When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
• Deut 28:52 : 52 They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until your high fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down. They will besiege all the cities in the land the LORD your God has given you.
• Judg 1:7 : 7 Then Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
• Judg 4:3 : 3 The Israelites cried out to the LORD for help, for Sisera had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the Israelites cruelly for twenty years.
• 1 Sam 13:5 : 5 The Philistines assembled to fight Israel with 30,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They came up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven.
• 1 Kgs 16:24 : 24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built a city on the hill, naming it Samaria after Shemer, the owner of the hill.
• 1 Kgs 20:16 : 16 They marched out at noon, while Ben-Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking themselves drunk in their tents.
• 1 Kgs 20:24 : 24 They advised, 'Do this: Remove all the kings from their posts and replace them with governors.