Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThen the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;
And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC