Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
- BSB Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
- NKJV Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
- NASB Then the king of Assyria invaded the entire land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
- NLT Then the king of Assyria invaded the entire land, and for three years he besieged the city of Samaria.
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The Assyrian king invades the whole land and besieges Samaria for three years. The capital's long siege brings the kingdom to its knees.
Overview
Assyria overruns Israel and lays a prolonged three-year siege against Samaria. The lengthy assault shows both the city's resistance and the inevitability of its fall. This military catastrophe is the outworking of the covenant curses long threatened for persistent disobedience.
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- Hos 13:16Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
- 2 Kgs 25:1–3And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
- Jer 52:4–5And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
- 2 Kgs 18:9And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
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