Nave's Topical Bible: Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D., LL.D.

SIEGE

• An offer of peace must be made to the city before beginning a Dt. 20:10-12
• Conducted by erecting embankments parallel to the walls of the besieged city Dt. 20:19, 20; Isa. 29:3, 37:33
• Battering-rams used in
  • See BATTERING-RAMS
• Distress of the inhabitants during a 2 Ki. 6:24-29, 25:3; Isa. 9:20, 36:12; Jer. 19:9
• Cannibalism during a 2 Ki. 6:28, 29
• INSTANCES OF
  • Jericho Josh. 6
  • Rabbah 2 Sam. 11:1
  • Abel 2 Sam. 20:15
  • Gibbethon 1 Ki. 15:27
  • Tirzah 1 Ki. 16:17
  • Jerusalem
    • By the sons of Judah Judg. 1:8
    • By David 2 Sam. 5:6, 9
    • By Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel 2 Ki. 16:5
    • By Nebuchadnezzar 2 Ki. 24:10, 11; Dan. 1:1; 2 Ki. 25:1-3; Jer. 52
    • By Sennacherib 2 Chr. 32:1-23
  • Samaria 1 Ki. 20:1; 2 Ki. 6:24, 17:5, 18:9-11