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
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
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