2 Kings 17:5
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 17 connects to 6 cross-references. The Assyrian king Shalmaneser besieges Samaria for three years; his successor Sargon II deports Israel to Assyria. The theological analysis is explicit: Israel fell because they sinned against God from the exodus onward, following other gods, erecting high places, and …
Other Translations
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;
Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his forces for three years.
Cross References
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son …
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day …
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread …
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day …
So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall …