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Bibliography InformationTorrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Sieges'". "The New Topical Text Book".. 1897.
- Fenced cities invested by
2 Kings 18:13 - Threatened as a punishment
Deuteronomy 28:52 - DESCRIBED AS
- Encamping against
2 Samuel 12:28 ; 2 Chronicles 32:1
- Pitching against
2 Kings 25:1
- Compassing about with armies
2 Kings 6:14 ; Luke 21:20
- Setting in array against
Jeremiah 50:9
- Being against round about
Jeremiah 51:2
- Encamping against
- Often lasted for a long time
2 Kings 17:5 - Great noise and tumult of, alluded to
Joel 2:5 - THOSE ENGAGED IN
- Built forts and mounts
Ezekiel 4:2 ; 26:8
- Dug a trench round the city
Luke 19:43
- Invested the city on every side
Ezekiel 23:24
- Cut off all supplies
2 Kings 19:24
- Frequently laid ambushes
Judges 9:34
- Called upon the city to surrender
1 Kings 20:2 1 Kings 20:3 ; 2 Kings 18:18 2 Kings 18:20
- Employed battering rams against the walls
Ezekiel 4:2 ; 26:9
- Cast arrows and other missiles into the city
2 Kings 19:32
- Often suffered much during
Ezekiel 29:18
- Built forts and mounts
- The Jews forbidden to cut down fruit trees for the purpose of
Deuteronomy 20:19 Deuteronomy 20:20 - Extreme difficulty of taking cities by, alluded to
Proverbs 18:19 - CITIES INVESTED BY
- Repaired and newly fortified beforehand
2 Chronicles 32:5 ; Isaiah 22:9 Isaiah 22:10 ; Nahum 3:14
- Supplied with water beforehand
Nahum 3:14
- The inhabitants of, cut off beforehand supplies of water outside, useful to besiegers
2 Chronicles 32:3 2 Chronicles 32:4
- Were strictly shut up
Joshua 6:1
- Walls of, defended by the inhabitants
2 Samuel 11:20 2 Samuel 11:21 ; 2 Kings 18:26 ; 2 Chronicles 32:18
- Sometimes used ambushes or sorties
Jeremiah 51:12
- Often suffered from famine
2 Kings 6:26-29 ; 25:3 ; Ezekiel 6:12
- Often suffered from pestilence
Jeremiah 21:6 ; 32:24
- Often demanded terms of peace
1 Samuel 11:1-3
- Frequently taken by ambush
Judges 9:43 Judges 9:44
- Frequently taken by assault
Joshua 10:35 ; 2 Samuel 12:29
- Frequently helped by allies
1 Samuel 11:11 ; 23:5
- Inhabitants of, exhorted to be courageous
2 Chronicles 32:6-8
- Repaired and newly fortified beforehand
- CITIES TAKEN BY
- Given up to pillage
Jeremiah 50:26 Jeremiah 50:27
- Inhabitants of, often put to the sword
Joshua 10:28 Joshua 10:30 Joshua 10:32 Joshua 10:35 ; Jeremiah 50:30
- Frequently broken down
Judges 9:45
- Frequently destroyed by fire
Joshua 8:19
- Sometimes sown with salt
Judges 9:45
- Sometimes called after the name of the captor
2 Samuel 12:28
- Given up to pillage
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Jericho
Joshua 6:2-20
- Ai
Joshua 7:2-4 ; 8:1-19
- Makkedah
Joshua 10:28
- Libnah
Joshua 10:29 Joshua 10:30
- Lachish
Joshua 10:31 Joshua 10:32
- Eglon
Joshua 10:34 Joshua 10:35
- Hebron
Joshua 10:36 Joshua 10:37
- Debir
Joshua 10:38 Joshua 10:39
- Shechem
Judges 9:34 Judges 9:45
- Thebez
Judges 9:50
- Jabesh-gilead
1 Samuel 11:1
- Keilah
1 Samuel 23:1
- Ziklag
1 Samuel 30:1 1 Samuel 30:2
- Rabbah
2 Samuel 11:1 ; 12:26-29
- Gibbethon
1 Kings 16:15
- Tirzah
1 Kings 16:17
- Samaria
1 Kings 20:1 ; 2 Kings 6:24 ; 17:5
- Ramoth-gilead
1 Kings 22:4 1 Kings 22:29
- Cities of Israel in Galilee
2 Kings 15:29
- Cities of Judah
2 Kings 18:13
- Jerusalem
2 Kings 24:10 2 Kings 24:11 ; 2 Kings 25:1 2 Kings 25:2
- Jericho
- Illustrative Of
- The omnipresence of God
Psalms 139:5
- The judgments of God
Micah 5:1
- Zion in her affliction
Isaiah 1:8
- The omnipresence of God
Bibliography InformationTorrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Sieges'". "The New Topical Text Book".