5529 sieges
Sustained battle against fortified cities, preventing renewal of supplies; a common tactic in OT times. Samaria and Jerusalem both fell to sieges.
Sieges used by and against Israel
Dt 20:12,19-20; Jdg 9:50; 1Sa 11:1; 2Sa 11:1; 2Sa 20:15
Ben-Hadad II twice besieged Samaria, unsuccessfully
1Ki 20:1 See also 1Ki 20:15-20; 2Ki 6:24; 2Ki 7:3-7
Shalmaneser V besieged Samaria
2Ki 17:5-6 See also 2Ki 18:9-12
Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem, unsuccessfully
2Ki 18:17,35-36; 2Ch 32:1-5; Isa 29:5-8; Isa 37:36-37
Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem
2Ki 25:1 See also 2Ki 25:2-11 pp Jer 39:1-10; 2Ch 36:17-20 pp Jer 52:4-15
Jesus Christ warned that Jerusalem would be besieged and destroyed
Lk 19:43 The Roman army destroyed Jerusalem in
Sieges caused great suffering and people adopted desperate measures for survival
Dt 28:51-57; 2Ki 6:24-29; 2Ki 18:27
See also
| 5208 | armies |
| 5214 | attack |
| 5228 | battering-rams |
| 5244 | camp |
| 5246 | captivity |
| 5344 | imprisonment |
| 5354 | invasions |
| 5605 | warfare |
| 7215 | exile, the |
| 7239 | Jerusalem |
| 9220 | day of the |
