2 Kings 6:24

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Afterward, Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered his entire army and marched up to lay siege to Samaria.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass after this,{H310} that Benhadad{H1130} king{H4428} of Syria{H758} gathered{H6908} all his host,{H4264} and went up,{H5927} and besieged{H6696} Samaria.{H8111}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass after this{H310}, that Benhadad{H1130} king{H4428} of Syria{H758} gathered{H6908}{(H8799)} all his host{H4264}, and went up{H5927}{(H8799)}, and besieged{H6696}{(H8799)} Samaria{H8111}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    After this it fortuned, that Benadab the kynge of Syria gathered all his hoost, and wete vp, & layed sege vnto Samaria:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But afterward Ben-hadad King of Aram gathered all his hoste, and went vp, and besieged Samaria.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    After this it chaunced, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered al his hoast and went vp, and besieged Samaria.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathereth all his camp, and goeth up, and layeth siege to Samaria,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Lord Saves Samaria Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked and besieged Samaria.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 20:1 : 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 17:5 : 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
  • 2 Kgs 18:9 : 9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
  • 2 Kgs 25:1 : 1 In the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came with his entire army against Jerusalem. He laid siege to the city and built a siege wall around it.
  • Eccl 9:14 : 14 There was a small city with a few men in it, and a great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siegeworks around it.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 20:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    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.

    2 He sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, in the city,

  • 2 Kgs 6:23
    79%

    23 So he prepared a great feast for them. After they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders stopped coming into Israel’s land.

  • 2 Kgs 18:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.

    10 At the end of three years, they captured it. So in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

  • 2 Kgs 17:5
    76%

    5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.

  • 2 Kgs 6:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 Now the king of Aram was waging war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, "I will camp in such-and-such a place."

    9 But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: "Be careful not to pass this place, because the Arameans are going down there."

  • 1 Kgs 20:25-27
    3 verses
    75%

    25 You must assemble an army like the one you lost, with horses and chariots like the ones before. Then we will fight them on the plains, and surely we will be stronger than they are." Ben-Hadad listened to their advice and did as they instructed.

    26 At the turn of the year, Ben-Hadad mustered the Arameans and went to Aphek to fight against Israel.

    27 The Israelites were also mustered and supplied with provisions. They went out to meet the Arameans and camped opposite them, appearing like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

  • 2 Chr 24:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23 At the turn of the year, the Aramean army came up against Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, and they destroyed all the leaders of the people, sending all the plunder to the king of Damascus.

    24 Though the Aramean army had come with only a small force of men, the Lord delivered into their hands a very large army because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment against Joash.

  • 2 Kgs 6:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    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!"

  • 1 Kgs 20:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 They marched out at noon, while Ben-Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking themselves drunk in their tents.

    17 The young men of the provincial leaders went out first, and Ben-Hadad sent scouts who reported to him, 'Men have come out from Samaria.'

  • 2 Kgs 7:12
    74%

    12 The king got up in the night and said to his servants, "I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are hungry, so they have gone out of the camp to hide in the countryside, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and take the city.'"

  • 2 Kgs 6:11
    73%

    11 The king of Aram became very upset about this. He called his servants and said to them, "Will you not tell me who among us is on the side of the king of Israel?"

  • 1 Kgs 20:30
    73%

    30 The rest of the Arameans fled to the city of Aphek, where a wall collapsed on 27,000 of them. Meanwhile, Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid in an inner room.

  • 1 Kgs 20:12
    73%

    12 When Ben-Hadad heard this reply while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, he commanded his officials, 'Prepare to attack,' and they prepared to attack the city.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, 'Tell my lord the king: I will do what you originally demanded of me, but this I cannot do.' The messengers left and reported back to Ben-Hadad.

    10 Then Ben-Hadad sent another message: 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for even a handful for each of the people who follow me.'

  • 2 Kgs 7:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 At twilight, they got up and went to the camp of the Arameans. When they reached the edge of the camp, they found no one there.

    6 For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so they said to one another, "Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!"

  • 2 Kgs 6:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 So the king sent horses, chariots, and a large army there. They arrived at night and surrounded the city.

    15 When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went out, he saw an army with horses and chariots surrounding the city. He said, "Oh no, my master! What shall we do?"

  • 2 Chr 16:2
    72%

    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:

  • 2 Kgs 8:7
    72%

    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."

  • 1 Kgs 20:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

    33 The men interpreted this as a good sign and quickly seized on it, saying, 'Yes, Ben-Hadad is your brother!' The king said, 'Go and bring him.' So Ben-Hadad came out to him, and Ahab had him brought into his chariot.

    34 Ben-Hadad said to him, 'I will restore the cities that my father took from your father, and you can set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.' Ahab replied, 'On the basis of a treaty, I will let you go.' So he made a treaty with him and let him go.

  • 2 Chr 16:4
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 10:15
    72%

    15 When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.

  • 1 Kgs 20:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 But the messengers came back and said, 'This is what Ben-Hadad says: I sent to demand your silver, gold, wives, and children. You must give them to me.'

    6 'About this time tomorrow, I will send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will take whatever you value and carry it off.'

  • 1 Kgs 15:20
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 16:5
    71%

    5 Then King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched to Jerusalem to wage war. They besieged Ahaz but could not overpower him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:2
    71%

    2 So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. The famine in Samaria was severe.

  • 1 Kgs 20:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 The king of Israel went out and struck down the horses and chariots, and he inflicted a great defeat on the Arameans.

    22 Afterward, the prophet came to the king of Israel and said, 'Strengthen your position and see what you must do, because next spring the king of Aram will come up against you again.'

  • 2 Kgs 17:24
    71%

    24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the towns of Samaria in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

  • 2 Kgs 12:17
    71%

    17 The money from guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the temple of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

  • 2 Kgs 13:24
    71%

    24 Hazael king of Aram died, and his son Ben-Hadad became king in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 6:20
    71%

    20 When they entered Samaria, Elisha said, "LORD, open the eyes of these men so they can see." The LORD opened their eyes, and they looked and realized they were inside Samaria.

  • 1 Chr 19:16
    70%

    16 When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring out additional Aramean forces from beyond the Euphrates River, with Shophach, the commander of Hadadezer's army, leading them.

  • 2 Chr 18:30
    70%

    30 Now the king of Aram had commanded his chariot commanders, 'Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.'

  • 1 Kgs 15:18
    70%

    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 22:37
    70%

    37 So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.

  • 2 Kgs 13:3
    70%

    3 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He handed them over to Hazael, king of Aram, and to Ben-Hadad son of Hazael, for all their days.

  • 2 Kgs 3:6
    70%

    6 So King Jehoram left Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.