SIEGES
Thompson Chain Reference (1934)
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Fenced cities invested by
Threatened as a punishment
Often lasted for a long time
Great noise and tumult of, alluded to
The Jews forbidden to cut down fruit trees for the purpose of
Extreme difficulty of taking cities by, alluded to
DESCRIBED AS
Encamping against
Pitching against
Compassing about with armies
Setting in array against
Being against round about
THOSE ENGAGED IN
Built forts and mounts
Dug a trench round the city
Invested the city on every side
Cut off all supplies
Frequently laid ambushes
Called upon the city to surrender
Employed battering rams against the walls
Cast arrows and other missiles into the city
Often suffered much during
CITIES INVESTED BY
Repaired and newly fortified beforehand
Supplied with water beforehand
The inhabitants of, cut off beforehand supplies of water outside, useful to besiegers
Were strictly shut up
Walls of, defended by the inhabitants
Sometimes used ambushes or sorties
Often suffered from famine
Often suffered from pestilence
Often demanded terms of peace
Frequently taken by ambush
Frequently taken by assault
Frequently helped by allies
Inhabitants of, exhorted to be courageous
CITIES TAKEN BY
Given up to pillage
Inhabitants of, often put to the sword
Frequently broken down
Frequently destroyed by fire
Sometimes sown with salt
Sometimes called after the name of the captor
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
Jericho
Ai
Makkedah
Libnah
Lachish
Eglon
Hebron
Debir
Shechem
Thebez
Jabesh-gilead
Keilah
Ziklag
Rabbah
Gibbethon
Tirzah
Samaria
Ramoth-gilead
Cities of Israel in Galilee
Cities of Judah
Jerusalem
Illustrative Of
The omnipresence of God
The judgments of God
Zion in her affliction