Bible verses about Sieges
Scripture references about Sieges, organized by subject from the classic topical indexes of Orville Nave and R. A. Torrey.
Sieges in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- 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
- Illustrative Of
- The omnipresence of God: Ps 139:5
- The judgments of God: Mic 5:1
- Zion in her affliction: Isa 1:8