American Standard Version
2 Kings 17:5
5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
2 Kings 17:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
- New International Version (NIV)The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
Context of 2 Kings 17:5
3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute. 4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. 6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 7And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
Read all of 2 Kings 172 Kings 17:5 word by word
וַיַּ֥עַל מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר בְּכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיַּ֙עַל֙ שֹׁמְר֔וֹן וַיָּ֥צַר עָלֶ֖יהָ שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:5
- 2 Kings 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.
- 2 Kings 25:1And 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 army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
- Jeremiah 52:4And 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 encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 17:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Besieged it three years - It must have been well fortified, well provisioned, and well defended, to have held out so long.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5All the land - The second invasion of Shalmaneser (723 B.C., his fifth year), is here contrasted with the first, as extending to the whole country, whereas the first had afflicted only a part. Three years - From the fourth to the sixth of Hezekiah, and from the seventh to the ninth of Heshea; two years, therefore, according to our reckoning, but three, according to that of the Hebrews. This was a long time for so small a place to resist the Assyrians but…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6the king of Assyria: Historical records say Shalmaneser V of Assyria, the ruler from 726 to 722 BC, conquered Samaria, but Sargon II (who ruled Assyria from 721 to 705 BC) claimed he captured the city. Sargon might have been the commander when Samaria fell and then became king after Shalmaneser's death during the siege. invaded the whole land: The Assyrians would destroy the area around an enemy's main city before attacking it. The ninth year of King…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-62Ki 17:1-6. Hoshea's Wicked Reign. 1. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, began Hoshea ... to reign--The statement in 2Ki 15:30 may be reconciled with the present passage in the following manner: Hoshea conspired against Pekah in the twentieth year of the latter, which was the eighteenth of Jotham's reign. It was two years before Hoshea was acknowledged king of Israel, that is, in the fourth of Ahaz, and twentieth of Jotham. In the twelfth year of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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