Dictionary entry

Sieges

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Fenced cities invested by 2Ki 18:13

Threatened as a punishment De 28:52

DESCRIBED AS

Encamping against 2Sa 12:28; 2Ch 32:1

Pitching against 2Ki 25:1

Compassing about with armies 2Ki 6:14; Lu 21:20

Setting in array against Jer 50:9

Being against round about Jer 51:2

Often lasted for a long time 2Ki 17:5

Great noise and tumult of, alluded to Joe 2:5

THOSE ENGAGED IN

Built forts and mounts Eze 4:2; 26:8

Dug a trench round the city Lu 19:43

Invested the city on every side Eze 23:24

Cut off all supplies 2Ki 19:24

Frequently laid ambushes Jud 9:34

Called upon the city to surrender 1Ki 20:2,3; 2Ki 18:18,20

Employed battering rams against the walls Eze 4:2; 26:9

Cast arrows and other missiles into the city 2Ki 19:32

Often suffered much during Eze 29:18

The Jews forbidden to cut down fruit trees for the purpose of De 20:19,20

Extreme difficulty of taking cities by, alluded to Pr 18:19

CITIES INVESTED BY

Repaired and newly fortified beforehand 2Ch 32:5; Isa 22:9,10; Na 3:14

Supplied with water beforehand Na 3:14

The inhabitants of, cut off beforehand supplies of water outside, useful to besiegers 2Ch 32:3,4

Were strictly shut up Jos 6:1

Walls of, defended by the inhabitants 2Sa 11:20,21; 2Ki 18:26; 2Ch 32:18

Sometimes used ambushes or sorties Jer 51:12

Often suffered from famine 2Ki 6:26-29; 25:3; Eze 6:12

Often suffered from pestilence Jer 21:6; 32:24

Often demanded terms of peace 1Sa 11:1-3

Frequently taken by ambush Jud 9:43,44

Frequently taken by assault Jos 10:35; 2Sa 12:29

Frequently helped by allies 1Sa 11:11; 23:5

Inhabitants of, exhorted to be courageous 2Ch 32:6-8

CITIES TAKEN BY

Given up to pillage Jer 50:26,27

Inhabitants of, often put to the sword Jos 10:28,30,32,35; Jer 50:30

Frequently broken down Jud 9:45

Frequently destroyed by fire Jos 8:19

Sometimes sown with salt Jud 9:45

Sometimes called after the name of the captor 2Sa 12:28

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

Jericho Jos 6:2-20

Ai Jos 7:2-4; 8:1-19

Makkedah Jos 10:28

Libnah Jos 10:29,30

Lachish Jos 10:31,32

Eglon Jos 10:34,35

Hebron Jos 10:36,37

Debir Jos 10:38,39

Shechem Jud 9:34,45

Thebez Jud 9:50

Jabesh-gilead 1Sa 11:1

Keilah 1Sa 23:1

Ziklag 1Sa 30:1,2

Rabbah 2Sa 11:1; 12:26-29

Gibbethon 1Ki 16:15

Tirzah 1Ki 16:17

Samaria 1Ki 20:1; 2Ki 6:24; 17:5

Ramoth-gilead 1Ki 22:4,29

Cities of Israel in Galilee 2Ki 15:29

Cities of Judah 2Ki 18:13

Jerusalem 2Ki 24:10,11; 25:1,2

Illustrative Of

The omnipresence of God Ps 139:5

The judgments of God Mic 5:1

Zion in her affliction Isa 1:8