2 Kings 17:5
“¶ Then the king of Assyria came vp thorowout all the land, and went vp to Samaria, and besieged it three yeres.”
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2 Kings 17:5 Context
3¶ Against him came vp Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his seruant, and gaue him presents. 4An the king of Assyria found conspiracie in Hoshea: for hee had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done yeere by yeere: therefore the king of Assyria shut him vp, and bound him in prison. 5¶ Then the king of Assyria came vp thorowout all the land, and went vp to Samaria, and besieged it three yeres. 6¶ In the ninth yeere of Hoshea, the king of Assyria tooke Samaria, and caried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor by the riuer of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 7For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them vp out of the land of Egypt, from vnder the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
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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.
- King James Version
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land and went up to Samaria and besieged it three years.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his forces for three years.
- Basic English Bible
And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.
- Darby Bible
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
- Webster's Bible
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
- World English Bible
And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;
- Youngs Literal 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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