2 Kings 6 · Verse 24

2 Kings 6:24

And it came to pass after this, that Ben–hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
2 Kings 6:24, King James Version

2 Kings 6:24 in other translations

BSBSome time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
WEBAfter this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
ASVAnd it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass afterwards, that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathereth all his camp, and goeth up, and layeth siege to Samaria,
DARBYAnd it came to pass after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
BBENow after this, Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got together all his army and went up to make an attack on Samaria, shutting the town in on all sides with his forces.
WebsterAnd it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

What does 2 Kings 6:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. Ben-hadad ... besieged Samaria--This was the predicted accomplishment of the result of Ahab's foolish and misplaced kindness (1Ki 20:42).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 6:24-33
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 of God were displayed in this horrible transaction. Alas! what miseries sin has brought upon the world! But the foolishness of man perverts his way, and then his heart frets against the Lord. The king swears the death of Elisha. Wicked men will blame any one as the cause of their troubles, rather than themselves, and will not leave their sins. If rending the clothes, without a broken and contrite heart, would avail, if wearing sackcloth, without being renewed in the spirit of their mind, would serve, they would not stand out against the Lord. May the whole word of God increase in us reverent fear and holy hope, that we may be stedfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that our labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Kings 6:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it wasH1961
אַחֲרֵי\־'a.cha.rei-afterH310
כֵ֔ןKhenthusH3651
וַיִּקְבֹּ֛ץvai.yik.Botzand he gatheredH6908
בֶּן\־ben-BenH1130
הֲדַ֥דha.DadHadadH1130
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
אֲרָ֖ם'a.RamAramH758
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מַחֲנֵ֑הוּma.cha.Ne.huarmy hisH4264
וַיַּ֕עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
וַיָּ֖צַרvai.Ya.tzarand he laid siegeH6696
עַל\־'al-onH5921
שֹׁמְרֽוֹן\׃sho.me.RonSamariaH8111

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 6:24

  • 1 Kings 20:1

    And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

  • 2 Kings 17:5

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

  • 1 Kings 22:31

    But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:14

    There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

  • Deuteronomy 28:52

    And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.

  • 2 Kings 25:1

    And 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 host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

  • 2 Kings 18:9

    And 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
gathered.
17:5; 18:9; 25:1; De 28:52; 1Ki 20:1; 22:31; Ec 9:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Kings 6:23

    And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

  • 2 Kings 6:24

    And it came to pass after this, that Ben–hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • 2 Kings 6:25

    And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

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2 Kings 6:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Después de esto aconteció, que Ben-adad rey de Siria juntó todo su ejército, y subió, y puso cerco á Samaria.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arriva, après cela, que Ben-Hadad, roi de Syrie, rassembla toute son armée, et monta, et assiégea Samarie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es geschah hernach, da versammelte Ben-Hadad, der König von Syrien, sein ganzes Heer, und zog herauf und belagerte Samaria.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Factum est autem post hæc, congregavit Benadad rex Syriæ universum exercitum suum, et ascendit, et obsidebat Samariam.