2 Kings 17:5 “Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria…”

2 Kings 17:5

Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

World English Bible

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

American Standard Version

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the king of Asshur came vp throughout all the lande, and went against Samaria, and besieged it three yeere.

Darby Translation

And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.

Young's Literal Translation

And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;

Bible in Basic English

Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his forces for three years.

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Cross references

“A. M. 3281-3283. B.C. 723-721. the king”

2 Kings 18:9

2 Kings 18:9 · BSB

In 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.

“three years”

2 Kings 25:1–3 Jeremiah 52:4 Jeremiah 52:5

2 Kings 25:1–3 · BSB

So 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 arou…

Jeremiah 52:4 · BSB

Jeremiah 52:5 · BSB

And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

Also

Hosea 13:16

Hosea 13:16 · BSB

Samaria 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.

6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

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