And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?(2 Kings 6:21)

And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.(2 Kings 6:22)

And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.(2 Kings 6:23)

And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.(2 Kings 6:25)

And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.(2 Kings 6:26)

And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?(2 Kings 6:27)

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2 Kings 6:24 - Cross Reference

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: (Ecclesiastes 9:14)

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)

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. (2 Kings 25:1)

And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. (1 Kings 20:1)

And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. (Deuteronomy 28:52)

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. (2 Kings 18:9)

But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. (1 Kings 22:31)