24It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.


In Context

21 The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, |My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?|

22 He answered, |You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.|

23 He prepared great feast for them. When they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. The bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.

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

25 There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, |Help, my lord, O king!|

2 Kings 6:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:24Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:24And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:24And tit came to pass after these things, that Benadad king of Syria gathered together all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:24And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:24And it came to pass after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:24And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:24And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:24And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathereth all his camp, and goeth up, and layeth siege to Samaria,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:24And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.