Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Kings 6:24
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Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
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¶ And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
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And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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2 Kings 6
22 “Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
23 So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
24 Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
25 So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
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