Benhadad besieges Samaria. The city suffers terribly from famine, and the king threatens to put Elisha to death (Not in Chronicles)

24. Ben-hadad Probably the same king who was defeated and submitted himself to Ahab (1 Kings 20).

went up, and besieged SamariaJosephus explains that Jehoram did not feel himself a match for Benhadad, and so shut himself up in Samaria, relying for protection on the security of its walls.

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