And it came to pass after this
'achar (akh-ar')
the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
that Benhadad
Ben-Hadad (ben-had-ad')
son of Hadad; Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings -- Ben-hadad.
king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
of Syria
'Aram (arawm')
the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite -- Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.
gathered
qabats (kaw-bats')
to grasp, i.e. collect -- assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, surely, take up.
all his host
machaneh (makh-an-eh')
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)
and went up
`alah (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
and besieged
tsuwr (tsoor)
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
Samaria
Shomrown (sho-mer-one')
watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine -- Samaria.
