Ben-hadad Attacks Samaria
1 Kings 20:2
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel,
- KJV
- And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,
- WEB
- He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, “Ben Hadad says,
- ASV
- And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,
- LSV
- and sends messengers to Ahab king of Israel, to the city,
- YLT
- and sendeth messengers unto Ahab king of Israel, to the city,
- DBY
- And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus says Ben-Hadad:
- DRC
- And, sending messengers to Achab king of Israel into the city,
- GNV
- And he sent messengers to Ahab King of Israel, into the citie,
- JPS
- And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city,
- LXXE21:2
- And he sent into the city to Achaab king of Israel, and said to him, Thus says the son of Ader,
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח מַלְאָכִ֛ים אֶל־אַחְאָ֥ב מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הָעִֽירָה׃
- LXX-Br21:2
- Καὶ ἀπέστειλε πρὸς Ἀχαὰβ βασιλέα Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν, τάδε λέγει υἱὸς Ἄδερ,
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AhabSamariaAmbassadorBenhadadAmbassadorsIsrael, Kingdom ofSamaria, City ofKings, Books ofSamaria, AncientSyria
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Kings 19:9Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
- Isaiah 36:2–22And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field. Then Eliakim son of…
- Isaiah 37:9–10Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 21:2 in some Bibles
- 20:2 in most Bibles