Torrey's Topical Index
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
- 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