SIEGES: - 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 . Fre
quently 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