Bible verses about Sieges
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Fenced cities invested by II Kings 18:13 Threatened as a punishment Deuteronomy 28:52 DESCRIBED AS Encamping against II Samuel 12:28; II Chronicles 32:1 Pitching against II Kings 25:1 Compassing about with armies II Kings 6:14; Luke 21:20 Setting in array against Jeremiah 50:9 Being against round about Jeremiah 51:2 Often lasted for a long time II Kings 17:5 Great noise and tumult of, alluded to Joel 2:5 THOSE ENGAGED IN Built forts and mounts Ezekiel 4:2; 26:8 Dug a trench round the city Luke 19:43 Invested the city on every side Ezekiel 23:24 Cut off all supplies II Kings 19:24 Frequently laid ambushes Judges 9:34 Called upon the city to surrender I Kings 20:2,3; II Kings 18:18,20 Employed battering rams against the walls Ezekiel 4:2; 26:9 Cast arrows and other missiles into the city II Kings 19:32 Often suffered much during Ezekiel 29:18 The Jews forbidden to cut down fruit trees for the purpose of Deuteronomy 20:19,20 Extreme difficulty of taking cities by, alluded to Proverbs 18:19 CITIES INVESTED BY Repaired and newly fortified beforehand II Chronicles 32:5; Isaiah 22:9,10; Nahum 3:14 Supplied with water beforehand Nahum 3:14 The inhabitants of, cut off beforehand supplies of water outside, useful to besiegers II Chronicles 32:3,4 Were strictly shut up Joshua 6:1 Walls of, defended by the inhabitants II Samuel 11:20,21; II Kings 18:26; II Chronicles 32:18 Sometimes used ambushes or sorties Jeremiah 51:12 Often suffered from famine II Kings 6:26-29; 25:3; Ezekiel 6:12 Often suffered from pestilence Jeremiah 21:6; 32:24 Often demanded terms of peace I Samuel 11:1-3 Frequently taken by ambush Judges 9:43,44 Frequently taken by assault Joshua 10:35; II Samuel 12:29 Frequently helped by allies I Samuel 11:11; 23:5 Inhabitants of, exhorted to be courageous II Chronicles 32:6-8 CITIES TAKEN BY Given up to pillage Jeremiah 50:26,27 Inhabitants of, often put to the sword Joshua 10:28,30,32,35; Jeremiah 50:30 Frequently broken down Judges 9:45 Frequently destroyed by fire Joshua 8:19 Sometimes sown with salt Judges 9:45 Sometimes called after the name of the captor II Samuel 12:28 MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE Jericho Joshua 6:2-20 Ai Joshua 7:2-4; 8:1-19 Makkedah Joshua 10:28 Libnah Joshua 10:29,30 Lachish Joshua 10:31,32 Eglon Joshua 10:34,35 Hebron Joshua 10:36,37 Debir Joshua 10:38,39 Shechem Judges 9:34,45 Thebez Judges 9:50 Jabesh-gilead I Samuel 11:1 Keilah I Samuel 23:1 Ziklag I Samuel 30:1,2 Rabbah II Samuel 11:1; 12:26-29 Gibbethon I Kings 16:15 Tirzah I Kings 16:17 Samaria I Kings 20:1; II Kings 6:24; 17:5 Ramoth-gilead I Kings 22:4,29 Cities of Israel in Galilee II Kings 15:29 Cities of Judah II Kings 18:13 Jerusalem II Kings 24:10,11; 25:1,2 Illustrative Of The omnipresence of God Psalms 139:5 The judgments of God Micah 5:1 Zion in her affliction Isaiah 1:8

 

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