- 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
The New Topical Text Book
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The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.