2 Kings 17:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 17:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 17:5 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 17:5 — KJV
“Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.”
— 2 Kings 17:5 (KJV)
2 Kings 17:5 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 17:5
“And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:5: king, throughout, land
“For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. ivory: or, elephants' teeth”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:5: king, came, went
“And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:5: king, came, went
“And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:5: king, came, land
“In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. three...: Heb. twentieth year and third year”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:5: king, went, samaria
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