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Schlachter Bibel
2 Könige 17:5
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Nämlich der König von Assyrien zog über das ganze Land und gen Samaria und belagerte es drei Jahre.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 3281-3283, bc 723-721
the king: 2 Kings 18:9
three years: 2 Kings 25:1-3, Jeremiah 52:4, Jeremiah 52:5
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:1 - besieged 2 Kings 6:24 - gathered 2 Kings 19:4 - the remnant 2 Kings 19:11 - General 2 Kings 24:1 - his days 2 Chronicles 28:20 - distressed him 2 Chronicles 32:13 - I and my Ezra 9:7 - into the hand Isaiah 7:8 - within Isaiah 8:4 - the riches of Damascus Isaiah 9:1 - afterward Isaiah 10:9 - Samaria Isaiah 36:19 - and have
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land,.... Of Israel, there being none to oppose his march; Hoshea not daring to come out, and meet him and fight him:
and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years; so long the city held out against him, see 2 Kings 18:9.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
All the land - The second invasion of Shalmaneser (723 B.C., his fifth year), is here contrasted with the first, as extending to the whole country, whereas the first had afflicted only a part.
Three years - From the fourth to the sixth of Hezekiah, and from the seventh to the ninth of Heshea; two years, therefore, according to our reckoning, but three, according to that of the Hebrews. This was a long time for so small a place to resist the Assyrians but Samaria was favorably situated on a steep hill; probably Sabaco made some attempts to relieve his vassal; the war with Tyre must have distracted Shalmaneser; and there is reason to believe that before the capture was effected a revolt had broken out at Nineveh which must have claimed Shalmaneser’s chief attention, though it did not induce him to abandon his enterprise.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Kings 17:5. Besieged it three years. — It must have been well fortified, well provisioned, and well defended, to have held out so long.
