2 Kings 6:24

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It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

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Map of Palestine (The Holy Land)A general map of Palestine showing towns and regions across the Holy Land.

The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Aram, also called Syria, lay northeast of Israel and was ruled by Ben-hadad; its army’s siege of Samaria, Israel’s capital in the central hill country, produced the famine described here.

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2 Kings 6:24 mentions Aram, Dothan, Jordan, Samaria and Syria.