16:29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria. 1
20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria 2 and besieged and attacked it. 3
20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely 4 if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” 5
22:10 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, 6 dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. 7 All the prophets were prophesying before them.
22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. 8 He ruled for two years over Israel.
1 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
2 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
3 tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”
4 tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”
5 tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”
6 tn Heb “were sitting, a man on his throne.”
7 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
8 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.