Verse 1

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.

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.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• biblecontext

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• 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.

• 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 the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and King Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,
• 1 Kgs 15:20 : 20 So Benhadad listened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
• 1 Kgs 22:31 : 31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty-two captains who had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 6:24-29 : 24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a quarter of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he said, If the LORD does not help you, how shall I help you? from the threshing floor, or from the winepress? 28 And the king said to her, What troubles you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hidden her son.
• 2 Kgs 8:7-9 : 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 here." 8 And the king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'" 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' load, and came and stood before him, and said, "Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'" 10 And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You may certainly recover:' however the LORD has shown me that he shall surely die."
• 2 Kgs 17:5-6 : 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
• 2 Chr 16:2-4 : 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent them to Benhadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying, 3 There is a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father: behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he may depart from me. 4 And Benhadad listened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck down Ijon, Dan, Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
• Ezra 7:12 : 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
• Isa 10:8 : 8 For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings?
• Isa 37:24 : 24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord, and have said, By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice fir trees: and I will enter the height of its border, the forest of its Carmel.
• Jer 49:27 : 27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
• Ezek 26:7 : 7 For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and many people.
• Dan 2:37 : 37 You, O king, are a king of kings, for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory.
• Amos 1:4 : 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
• Gen 14:1-5 : 1 And 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 with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings with him came and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
• Exod 14:7 : 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over each of them.
• Lev 26:25 : 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when you are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
• Deut 20:1 : 1 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and a people more than you, do not be afraid of them: for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
• Deut 28:52 : 52 And he shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land: and he shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.
• Judg 1:7 : 7 And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and big toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
• Judg 4:3 : 3 And the children of Israel cried to the LORD, for Sisera had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
• 1 Sam 13:5 : 5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as numerous as the sand on the seashore; and they came up and encamped in Michmash, east of Bethaven.
• 1 Kgs 16:24 : 24 He bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, he built on the hill, and he called the name of the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
• 1 Kgs 20:16 : 16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.
• 1 Kgs 20:24 : 24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: