New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Sieges

• Fenced cities invested by 2 Ki. 18:13
• Threatened as a punishment Dt. 28:52
• Described as
  • Encamping against 2 Sam. 12:28; 2 Chr. 32:1
  • Pitching against 2 Ki. 25:1
  • Compassing about with armies 2 Ki. 6:14; Lk. 21:20
  • Setting in array against Jer. 50:9
  • Being against round about Jer. 51:2
• Often lasted for a long time 2 Ki. 17:5
• Great noise and tumult of, alluded to Joel 2:5
• Those engaged in
  • Built forts and mounts Ezek. 4:2, 26:8
  • Dug a trench round the city Lk. 19:43
  • Invested the city on every side Ezek. 23:24
  • Cut off all supplies 2 Ki. 19:24
  • Frequently laid ambushes Judg. 9:34
  • Called upon the city to surrender 1 Ki. 20:2, 3; 2 Ki. 18:18, 20
  • Employed battering rams against the walls Ezek. 4:2, 26:9
  • Cast arrows and other missiles into the city 2 Ki. 19:32
  • Often suffered much during Ezek. 29:18
• The Jews forbidden to cut down fruit trees for the purpose of Dt. 20:19, 20
• Extreme difficulty of taking cities by, alluded to Pr. 18:19
• Cities invested by
  • Repaired and newly fortified beforehand 2 Chr. 32:5; Isa. 22:9, 10; Nah. 3:14
  • Supplied with water beforehand Nah. 3:14
  • The inhabitants of, cut off beforehand supplies of water outside, useful to besiegers 2 Chr. 32:3, 4
  • Were strictly shut up Josh. 6:1
  • Walls of, defended by the inhabitants 2 Sam. 11:20, 21; 2 Ki. 18:26; 2 Chr. 32:18
  • Sometimes used ambushes or sorties Jer. 51:12
  • Often suffered from famine 2 Ki. 6:26-29, 25:3; Ezek. 6:12
  • Often suffered from pestilence Jer. 21:6, 32:24
  • Often demanded terms of peace 1 Sam. 11:1-3
  • Frequently taken by ambush Judg. 9:43, 44
  • Frequently taken by assault Josh. 10:35; 2 Sam. 12:29
  • Frequently helped by allies 1 Sam. 11:11, 23:5
  • Inhabitants of, exhorted to be courageous 2 Chr. 32:6-8
• Cities taken by
  • Given up to pillage Jer. 50:26, 27
  • Inhabitants of, often put to the sword Josh. 10:28, 30, 32, 35; Jer. 50:30
  • Frequently broken down Judg. 9:45
  • Frequently destroyed by fire Josh. 8:19
  • Sometimes sown with salt Judg. 9:45
  • Sometimes called after the name of the captor 2 Sam. 12:28
• Mentioned in scripture
  • Jericho Josh. 6:2-20
  • Ai Josh. 7:2-4, 8:1-19
  • Makkedah Josh. 10:28
  • Libnah Josh. 10:29, 30
  • Lachish Josh. 10:31, 32
  • Eglon Josh. 10:34, 35
  • Hebron Josh. 10:36, 37
  • Debir Josh. 10:38, 39
  • Shechem Judg. 9:34, 45
  • Thebez Judg. 9:50
  • Jabesh-gilead 1 Sam. 11:1
  • Keilah 1 Sam. 23:1
  • Ziklag 1 Sam. 30:1, 2
  • Rabbah 2 Sam. 11:1, 12:26-29
  • Gibbethon 1 Ki. 16:15
  • Tirzah 1 Ki. 16:17
  • Samaria 1 Ki. 20:1; 2 Ki. 6:24, 17:5
  • Ramoth-gilead 1 Ki. 22:4, 29
  • Cities of Israel in Galilee 2 Ki. 15:29
  • Cities of Judah 2 Ki. 18:13
  • Jerusalem 2 Ki. 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