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Siege

An offer of peace must be made to the city before beginning a—De 20:10-12

Conducted by erecting embankments parallel to the walls of the besieged city—De 20:19,20; Isa 29:3; 37:33

Battering-rams used in

• See
• BATTERING-RAMS

Distress of the inhabitants during a—2Ki 6:24-29; 25:3; Isa 9:20; 36:12; Jer 19:9

Cannibalism during a—2Ki 6:28,29

INSTANCES OF

• Jericho
• —Jos 6
• Rabbah
• —2Sa 11:1
• Abel
• —2Sa 20:15
• Gibbethon
• —1Ki 15:27
• Tirzah
• —1Ki 16:17
• Jerusalem
• • By the sons of Judah
  —Jud 1:8
  • By David
  —2Sa 5:6,9
  • By Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king
  of Israel—2Ki 16:5
  • By Nebuchadnezzar
  —2Ki 24:10,11; Da 1:1; 2Ki 25:1-3; Jer 52
  • By Sennacherib
  —2Ch 32:1-23
• Samaria
• —1Ki 20:1; 2Ki 6:24; 17:5; 18:9-11