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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Some time later, however, King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army and besieged Samaria.

Context of 2 Kings 6:24

22“Do not kill them,” he answered. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them so that they may eat and drink and then go back to their master.” 23So he prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. So the bands from Aram stopped raiding Israel’s territory. Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria. 25There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter of a cab of seed pods for five shekels. 26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

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 17:5The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years.
• 2 Kings 18:9In King Hezekiah’s fourth year, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it.
• 2 Kings 25:1So 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 whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it.
• Deuteronomy 28:52They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.
• 1 Kings 20:1Now Ben-Hadad king of Aram mustered his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he went up and besieged Samaria and attacked it.
• 1 Kings 22:31Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
• Ecclesiastes 9:14There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against 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