2 Kings 6:24

2 Kings 6:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass after this, that Ben–hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
• New International Version (NIV)Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army and went up and besieged Samaria.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it happened after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.

Context of 2 Kings 6:24

22Elisha answered, “Don’t kill them. Do you kill everyone you take captive in combat? Give them food and water. Let them eat and drink. Then let them go back to their master.” 23So the king prepared a great feast for them. They ate and drank, and then he sent them back to their master. After this, Aramean troops didn’t raid Israel’s territory anymore. Later King Benhadad of Aram assembled his whole army. They went to Samaria and blockaded it. 25The shortages caused by the blockade of Samaria became so severe that a donkey’s head sold for two pounds of silver and a half-pint of dove manure for two ounces of silver. 26As the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, Your Majesty!”

2 Kings 6:24 word by word

וַֽיְהִי֙ אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיִּקְבֹּ֛ץ בֶּן־הֲדַ֥ד מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֖ם אֶת־כָּל־מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ וַיַּ֕עַל וַיָּ֖צַר עַל־שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass after thisאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• that Ben–hadadבֶּן־הֲדַדben-hădad · Ben-hadadH1130
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Syriaאֲרָם'ărâm · SyriaH758
• gatheredקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• all his hostמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• and went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• and besiegedצוּרtsûr · to confineH6696
• Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111

Cross-references for 2 Kings 6:24

• 2 Kings 17:5Then the king of Assyria attacked the entire country. He attacked Samaria and blockaded it for three years.
• 2 Kings 18:9In Hezekiah’s fourth year as king (which was the seventh year in the reign of King Hoshea, son of Elah of Israel) King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked Samaria, blockaded it,
• 2 Kings 25:1On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. They set up camp and built dirt ramps around the city walls.
• Deuteronomy 28:52They will blockade all your cities until the high, fortified walls in which you trust come down everywhere in your land. They’ll blockade all the cities everywhere in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
• 1 Kings 20:1King Benhadad of Aram gathered together his whole army. With him were 32 kings along with their horses and chariots. He went to blockade Samaria and fight against it.
• 1 Kings 22:31The king of Aram had given orders to the 32 chariot commanders. He said, “Don’t fight anyone except the king of Israel.”
• Ecclesiastes 9:14There was a small town with a few soldiers in it, and a powerful king came to attack it. He surrounded it and blockaded it.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6:24

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24After this - Perhaps some years after - when the miracle and the kind treatment were alike forgotten.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-33Verses 24-33 Learn to value plenty, and to be thankful for it; see how contemptible money is, when in time of famine it is so freely parted with for any thing that is eatable! The language of Jehoram to the woman may be the language of despair. See the word of God fulfilled; among the threatenings of God's judgments upon Israel for their sins, this was one, that they should eat the flesh of their own children, De 28:53-57. The truth and the awful justice…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25The famine was so severe that people ate and sold normally forbidden foods at high prices. For example, donkey meat was forbidden in the laws about unclean foods (Leviticus 11:1–7). Dove's dung might have been a type of wild vegetable, but during sieges, people sometimes ate dung (Isaiah 36:12). The dove's dung might also have been used as fuel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Ben-hadad ... besieged Samaria--This was the predicted accomplishment of the result of Ahab's foolish and misplaced kindness (1Ki 20:42).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 6:24

• Armies
• Israel
• Samaria
• Siege

In the dictionaries

• Samaria
• Syria
• Band
• Elisha
• Jehoram
• Send
• Benhadad
• Israel, Kingdom of
• Jehoahaz
• Jehoash; Joash

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings