2 Kings 17:5
What does 2 Kings 17:5 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 17:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his forces for three years.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he went through all the land: and going up to Samaria, he besieged it three years.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.
Context
v.4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
v.5This passage
v.6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
- 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 army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
- Jeremiah 52:4
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.