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Israel Carried Captive to Assyria

2 Kings 17:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
KJV
¶ Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
WEB
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
ASV
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
LSV
And the king of Asshur goes up into all the land, and he goes up to Samaria, and lays siege against it [for] three years;
YLT
And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;
DBY
And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.
DRC
And he went through all the land: and going up to Samaria, he besieged it three years.
GNV
Then the king of Asshur came vp throughout all the lande, and went against Samaria, and besieged it three yeere.
JPS
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
LXXE
And the king of the Assyrians went up against all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.Or, through.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּ֥עַל מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר בְּכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיַּ֨עַל֙ שֹׁמְר֔וֹן וַיָּ֥צַר עָלֶ֖יהָ שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ, καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς Σαμάρειαν, καὶ ἐπολιόρκησεν ἐπʼ αὐτὴν τρία ἔτη.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
  • Jeremiah 52:4–5So 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…
  • 2 Kings 18:9In 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 25:1–3So 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…

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