Torrey's Topical Index
Sieges
Sieges
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
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