2nd Kings Chapter 17 verse 5 Holy Bible
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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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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And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.
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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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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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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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And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Then the King of Assyria - rather, and the King of Assyria - came up throughout all the land - i.e., with an army that spread itself at once over the whole land, that came to conquer, not merely to strike a blow, and obtain submission, as on the former occasion (see ver. 3, and the comment) - and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. From some time in Hoshea's seventh year (2 Kings 18:9) to some time in his ninth (2 Kings 18:10). According to the Hebrew mode of reckoning, parts of years are counted as years; and thus the siege need not have lasted much over a year, though it may have been extended to nearly three years. In either case, there was ample time for Shabak to have brought up his forces, had he been so minded; and his failure to do so, or in any way to succor his ally, showed how little reliance was to be placed on Egyptian promises (comp. 2 Kings 18:21).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Then (and) the king of Assyria came up . . . and besieged it three years.--Sargon states that he took Samaria (Samerna) in his first year. Shalmaneser therefore had besieged the city some two years before his death.The brief narrative before us does not discriminate between the respective shares of the two Assyrian sovereigns in the overthrow of the kingdom of Israel, but it is noticeable that it does not say that Shalmaneser "besieged Samaria three years," and "took Samaria." (Comp. 2Kings 18:11.)
