Biblical person
Ben-hadad Who Besieged Samaria
king
People
also: Ben-hadad Who Besieged Samaria, Ben-hadad
King of Aram who assembled an alliance and besieged Samaria.
Ben-hadad Who Besieged Samaria is the king of Aram who gathered his forces and thirty-two kings, then laid siege to Samaria and fought against it 1 Kings 20:1. His messages demanded silver, gold, women, and sons 1 Kings 20:3. During a battle, Aram fled, and Ben-hadad escaped on horseback with horsemen 1 Kings 20:20. At Aphek, he fled into an inner room after survivors entered the city 1 Kings 20:30. He is also named in Damascus as weak when Elisha came there 2 Kings 8:7.
Ben-hadad is named in at least 12 verses across 1 Kings and 2 Kings.
12
Verses
2
Books
1 Kings 20:1
First named
Key verses
Across Scripture
1 Kings · 2 Kings