Ben- Hadad brought his whole army together. He was king of Aram. He went up to Samaria. He took 32 kings and their horses and chariots with him. All of them surrounded Samaria and attacked it.

亚兰王便哈达聚集他的全军，率领三十二个王，带着车马上来围攻撒玛利亚；

亚兰王便‧哈达召集他的全军，率领三十二个王，带着马和战车，上来围困撒玛利亚，要攻打它。

亚兰王便‧哈达召集他的全军，率领三十二个王，带着马和战车，上来围困撒玛利亚，要攻打它。

亚兰王便·哈达率领全军，联合三十二个王，带着车马围攻撒玛利亚。

亚兰王便．哈达聚集他的全军，有三十二个王与他在一起，他带着战马和战车，上去围困撒玛利亚，攻打那城。

亞蘭王便‧哈達聚集他的全軍，率領三十二個王，帶着車馬上來圍攻撒馬利亞；

亞蘭王便‧哈達召集他的全軍，率領三十二個王，帶着馬和戰車，上來圍困撒瑪利亞，要攻打它。

亞蘭王便‧哈達召集他的全軍，率領三十二個王，帶着馬和戰車，上來圍困撒瑪利亞，要攻打它。

亞蘭王便·哈達率領全軍，聯合三十二個王，帶著車馬圍攻撒瑪利亞。

亞蘭王便．哈達聚集他的全軍，有三十二個王與他在一起，他帶著戰馬和戰車，上去圍困撒瑪利亞，攻打那城。

亞蘭王便哈達集合了他的全軍，又有三十二個王跟着他，以及馬匹車輛：他上來圍困撒瑪利亞，攻打那城。

亞蘭王便哈達集其全軍、有三十二王偕之、統率車騎、上圍撒瑪利亞、攻之、

亞蘭王便哈達、集其軍旅、備其車馬、同盟者三十二王、遂往環攻撒馬利亞、

亞蘭王便哈達集其全軍、偕之者有三十二王、又有馬與車、上而環攻撒瑪利亞、

Now Ben-Hadad king of Aram mustered his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he went up and besieged Samaria and attacked it.

Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together. Thirty-two kings were with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and closed in on Samaria and fought against it.

About that time King Ben hadad of Aram mobilized his army, supported by the chariots and horses of thirty two allied kings. They went to besiege Samaria, the capital of Israel, and launched attacks against it.

Now King Ben-hadad of Aram assembled his entire army. Thirty-two kings, along with horses and chariots, were with him. He marched up, besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

Now Ben hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his army, and there were thirty two kings with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

Now Ben-Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and made war against it.

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 fought against it.

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Thirty-two kings, along with horses and chariots, were with him. He marched up, besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

And Benhadad 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.

Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria and besieged and attacked it.

Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty- two kings with him, with horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

Asa took all the silver and gold left among the treasures of the Lord’ s temple and his own palace. He put his officials in charge of it. He sent the officials to Ben- Hadad. Ben- Hadad was king of Aram. He was ruling in Damascus. He was the son of Tabrimmon and the grandson of Hezion.

Ben- Hadad agreed with King Asa. He sent his army commanders against the towns of Israel. He captured Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maakah and the whole area of Kinnereth in addition to Naphtali.

The king of Aram had given an order to his 32 chariot commanders. He had said,“ Fight only against the king of Israel. Don’t fight against anyone else.”

The Philistines gathered together to fight against Israel. They had 3,000 chariots and 6,000 chariot drivers. Their soldiers were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash. It was east of Beth Aven.

Adoni- Bezek said,“ I cut off the thumbs and big toes of 70 kings. I made them pick up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” The men of Judah brought Adoni- Bezek to Jerusalem. That’s where he died.

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer. He weighed out 150 pounds of silver for it. Then he built a city on the hill. He called it Samaria. He named it after Shemer. Shemer had owned the hill before him.

When you go to war against your enemies, you might see that they have horses and chariots. They might even have an army stronger than yours. But don’t be afraid of them. The Lord your God will be with you. After all, he brought you up out of Egypt.

I will send war against you to punish you for breaking my covenant. When you go back into your cities, I will send a plague among you. You will be handed over to your enemies.

The king of Assyria marched into the whole land of Israel. He marched to Samaria and surrounded it for three years. From time to time he attacked it.Finally, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. It was in the ninth year of Hoshea. The king of Assyria took the Israelites away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria. He made some of them live in Halah. He made others live in Gozan on the Habor River. And he made others live in the towns of the Medes.

They’ll surround all the cities throughout your whole land. They’ll attack those cities until the high, strong walls you trust in fall down. That’s what will happen to the cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

I, Artaxerxes, am writing this letter. I am the greatest king of all. I have given it to Ezra the priest. He is the teacher of the Law of the God of heaven. I give you my greetings.

“ I will set the walls of Damascus on fire. It will burn down the strong towers of King Ben- Hadad.”

The Lord and King says,“ From the north I am going to bring Nebuchadnezzar against Tyre. He is the king of Babylon. He is the greatest king of all. He will come with horses and chariots. Horsemen and a great army will be brought along with him.

Elisha went to Damascus. Ben- Hadad was sick. He was king of Aram. The king was told,“ The man of God has come all the way up here.”Then the king said to Hazael,“ Take a gift with you. Go and see the man of God. Ask him for the Lord’ s advice. Ask him whether I will get well again.”Hazael went to see Elisha. Hazael took 40 camels with him as a gift. The camels were loaded with all the finest goods of Damascus. Hazael went into Elisha’s house and stood in front of him. Hazael said,“ Ben- Hadad has sent me. He is the king of Aram. He asks,‘ Will I get well again?’ ”Elisha answered,“ Go and tell him,‘ Yes. You will get well again.’ But the Lord has shown me that he will in fact die.”

Asa took the silver and gold from among the treasures of the Lord’ s temple and his own palace. He sent it to Ben- Hadad. Ben- Hadad was king of Aram. He was ruling in Damascus.“ Let’s make a peace treaty between us,” Asa said.“ My father and your father had made a peace treaty between them. Now I’m sending you silver and gold. So break your treaty with Baasha, the king of Israel. Then he’ll go back home.”Ben- Hadad agreed with King Asa. He sent his army commanders against the towns of Israel. His army captured Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim and all the cities in Naphtali where Baasha stored things.

He took 600 of the best chariots in Egypt. He also took along all the other chariots. Officers were in charge of all of them.

Jabin used 900 chariots that had some iron parts. He treated the Israelites very badly for 20 years. So they cried out to the Lord for help.

Some time later, Ben- Hadad gathered his entire army together. Ben- Hadad was the king of Aram. His army marched up and surrounded Samaria. Then they attacked it.There wasn’t enough food anywhere in the city. It was surrounded for so long that people had to weigh out two pounds of silver for a donkey’s head. They had to weigh out two ounces of silver for half a pint of seed pods.One day the king of Israel was walking on top of the city wall. A woman cried out to him,“ You are my king and master. Please help me!”The king replied,“ If the Lord doesn’t help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?”He continued,“ What’s wrong?” She answered,“ A woman said to me,‘ Give up your son. Then we can eat him today. Tomorrow we’ll eat my son.’So we cooked my son. Then we ate him. The next day I said to her,‘ Give up your son. Then we can eat him.’ But she had hidden him.”

So I will send fire to destroy the palace of King Hazael. It will burn up the forts of his son Ben- Hadad.

Through your messengers you have laughed at me again and again. And you have said,‘ I have many chariots. With them I have climbed to the tops of the mountains. I’ve climbed the highest mountains in Lebanon. I’ve cut down its tallest cedar trees. I’ve cut down the best of its juniper trees. I’ve reached its farthest mountains. I’ve reached its finest forests.

Here’s what you should do. Don’t let any of the kings continue as military leaders. Have other officers take their places.

‘ Aren’t all my commanders kings?’ he says.

They started out at noon. At that time Ben- Hadad and the 32 kings helping him were in their tents. They were getting drunk.

King Nebuchadnezzar, you are the greatest king of all. The God of heaven has given you authority and power. He has given you might and glory.

Amraphel was the king of Babylon. Arioch was the king of Ellasar. Kedorlaomer was the king of Elam. And Tidal was the king of Goyim.They went to war against five other kings. They were Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela. Bela was also called Zoar.These five kings all gathered their armies together in the Valley of Siddim. It was also called the valley of the Dead Sea.For 12 years Kedorlaomer had ruled over them. But in the 13th year they opposed him.So in the 14th year, Kedorlaomer and the kings who helped him went to war. They won the battle against the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim. They also won the battle against the Zuzites in Ham and the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim.