Benhadad king of Syria besieges Samaria, and there is a great famine in it
아람 왕 벤하닷이 사마리아를 에워싸매 성중이 크게 주림
2 Kings 6:24–25: after this, Benhadad king of Syria gathers all his army, and goes up and besieges Samaria. The text says, “There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.” The Korean Revised Version tells the siege first and the famine after (아람 사람이 사마리아를 에워싸므로 성중이 크게 주려서, because the Syrians besieged Samaria, there was a great famine in the city), and reads 은 팔십 세겔 and 은 다섯 세겔, eighty and five shekels of silver, where WEB reads “pieces of silver”, and 합분태 where WEB reads “dove’s dung”.
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- 2KI 6:24–25, engwebp
24After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
25There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
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Ben Hadad (king of Syria) — Took part in — Benhadad king of Syria besieges Samaria, and there is a great famine in it
Evidence: 2 Kings 6:24–25
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Benhadad king of Syria besieges Samaria, and there is a great famine in it — Narrated location — Samaria
Evidence: 2 Kings 6:24–25
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Benhadad king of Syria besieges Samaria, and there is a great famine in it (event-2ki-6-benhadad-besieges-samaria) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/2ki-6-benhadad-besieges-samaria Current wording: 2 Kings 6:24–25: after this, Benhadad king of Syria gathers all his army, and goes up and besieges Samaria. The text says, “There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.” The Korean Revised Version tells the siege first and the famine after (아람 사람이 사마리아를 에워싸므로 성중이 크게 주려서, because the Syrians besieged Samaria, there was a great famine in the city), and reads 은 팔십 세겔 and 은 다섯 세겔, eighty and five shekels of silver, where WEB reads “pieces of silver”, and 합분태 where WEB reads “dove’s dung”. Cited evidence: 2KI 6:24–25, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.