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2 Kings 6:24

Ben-hadadSamariaSyria

22 “Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”

23 So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.

Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

25 So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

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BSB
Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
KJV
And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
WEB
After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
ASV
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
DARBY
And it came to pass after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
BLB
And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his camp, and he went up and laid siege against Samaria.
ÅB
En tid etter samlet kongen i Syria Benhadad hele sin hær og dro opp og kringsatte Samaria.
OTB
Etter dette samlet Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, hele sin hær, og dro opp og beleiret Samaria.
B1930
Nogen tid efter samlet kongen i Syria Benhadad hele sin hær og drog op og kringsatte Samaria.

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  • 1 Kings 20:1

    Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.

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  • 2 Kings 17:5

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

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  • 1 Kings 22:31

    Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:14

    There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:52

    They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.

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  • 2 Kings 25:1

    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

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  • 2 Kings 18:9

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

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