5The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years.


In Context

2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord , but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.

3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser's vassal and had paid him tribute.

4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So king of Egypt, and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison.

5 The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to 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, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

7 All this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods

2nd Kings 17:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:5And he went through all the land: and going up to Samaria, he besieged it three years.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:5And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.