2 Kings 6:24

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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.

Latin

Factum est autem post hæc, congregavit Benadad rex Syriæ universum exercitum suum, et ascendit, et obsidebat Samariam.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

2 Kings 6:24–25

The famine was so severe that people ate and sold normally forbidden foods at high prices. For example, donkey meat was forbidden in the laws about unclean foods (Leviticus 11:1–7). Dove's dung might have been a type of wild vegetable, but during sieges, people sometimes ate dung (Isaiah 36:12). The dove's dung might also have been used as fuel.

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah Elisha Famine

Events

Prophecies of Elisha

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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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There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
2 Kings 17:5
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
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.
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.”
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.
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.

People

Ben-hadad: King of Aram, besieged Samaria, contemporary of Elisha

Places

Samaria: Capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel; Samaritan inhabitants Syria: Ancient region north of Israel, often in conflict

Glossary

Elisha Kings, Books of First and Second Samaria Sons of the Prophets

Topics

Ancient Samaria: Samaria the Capital of Besieged Again by Benhadad Armies: March in Ranks of Samaria Israel: The City of Samaria Besieged Samaria: City of, Built by Omri: Besieged by Ben-Hadad Siege: Distress of the Inhabitants During A Siege: Samaria Sieges: Samaria Syria: Besieged Samaria Again

2 Kings 6:24

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