Sieges
71 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
63 sections
- Ai
- Being Against Round About
- Cities Invested by Frequently Helped by Allies
- Cities Invested by Frequently Taken by Ambush
- Cities Invested by Frequently Taken by Assault
- Cities Invested by Inhabitants of, Exhorted to be Courageous
- Cities Invested by Often Demanded Terms of Peace
- Cities Invested by Often Suffered from Famine
- Cities Invested by Often Suffered from Pestilence
- Cities Invested by Repaired and Newly Fortified Beforehand
- Cities Invested by Sometimes Used Ambushes or Sorties
- Cities Invested by Supplied with Water Beforehand
- Cities Invested by The Inhabitants of, Cut off Beforehand Supplies of Water
- Cities Invested by Walls of, Defended by the Inhabitants
- Cities Invested by Were Strictly Shut Up
- Cities of Israel in Galilee
- Cities of Judah
- Cities Taken by Frequently Broken Down
- Cities Taken by Frequently Destroyed by Fire
- Cities Taken by Given up to Pillage
- Cities Taken by Inhabitants of, often Put to the Sword
- Cities Taken by Sometimes Called After the Name of the Captor
- Cities Taken by Sometimes Sown with Salt
- Compassing About with Armies
- Debir
- Eglon
- Encamping Against
- Extreme Difficulty of Taking Cities By, Alluded To
- Fenced Cities Invested By
- Gibbethon
- Great Noise and Tumult of, Alluded To
- Hebron
- Jabesh-Gilead
- Jericho
- Jerusalem
- Keilah
- Lachish
- Libnah
- Makkedah
- Often Lasted for a Long Time
- Pitching Against
- Rabbah
- Ramoth-Gilead
- Samaria
- Setting in Array Against
- Shechem
- The Jews Forbidden to Cut Down Fruit Trees for the Purpose of
- The Judgments of God
- The Omnipresence of God
- Thebez
- Those Engaged in Built Forts and Mounts
- Those Engaged in Called Upon the City to Surrender
- Those Engaged in Cast Arrows and Other Missiles Into the City
- Those Engaged in Cut off all Supplies
- Those Engaged in Dug a Trench Round the City
- Those Engaged in Employed Battering Rams Against the Walls
- Those Engaged in Frequently Laid Ambushes
- Those Engaged in Invested the City on Every Side
- Those Engaged in Often Suffered Much During
- Threatened As a Punishment
- Tirzah
- Ziklag
- Zion in Her Affliction
Ai
- Joshua 7:2–4 Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai. …
- Joshua 8:1–19 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. …
Being Against Round About
- Jeremiah 51:2 I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.
Cities Invested by Frequently Helped by Allies
- 1 Samuel 11:11 The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no …
- 1 Samuel 23:5 Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
Cities Invested by Frequently Taken by Ambush
- Judges 9:43–44 So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them. …
Cities Invested by Frequently Taken by Assault
- Joshua 10:35 That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.
- 2 Samuel 12:29 So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
Cities Invested by Inhabitants of, Exhorted to be Courageous
- 2 Chronicles 32:6–8 Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying, …
Cities Invested by Often Demanded Terms of Peace
- 1 Samuel 11:1–3 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.” …
Cities Invested by Often Suffered from Famine
- 2 Kings 6:26–29 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!” …
- 2 Kings 25:3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
- Ezekiel 6:12 He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.
Cities Invested by Often Suffered from Pestilence
- Jeremiah 21:6 I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
- Jeremiah 32:24 See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
Cities Invested by Repaired and Newly Fortified Beforehand
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of …
- Isaiah 22:9–10 You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool. …
- Nahum 3:14 Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!
Cities Invested by Sometimes Used Ambushes or Sorties
- Jeremiah 51:12 Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
Cities Invested by Supplied with Water Beforehand
- Nahum 3:14 Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!
Cities Invested by The Inhabitants of, Cut off Beforehand Supplies of Water
- 2 Chronicles 32:3–4 he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out. …
Cities Invested by Walls of, Defended by the Inhabitants
- 2 Samuel 11:20–21 if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall? …
- 2 Kings 18:26 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
- 2 Chronicles 32:18 Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.
Cities Invested by Were Strictly Shut Up
- Joshua 6:1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
Cities of Israel in Galilee
- 2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
Cities of Judah
- 2 Kings 18:13 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
Cities Taken by Frequently Broken Down
- Judges 9:45 And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
Cities Taken by Frequently Destroyed by Fire
- Joshua 8:19 and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
Cities Taken by Given up to Pillage
- Jeremiah 50:26–27 Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors. …
Cities Taken by Inhabitants of, often Put to the Sword
- Joshua 10:28 On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 10:30 And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 10:32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.
- Joshua 10:35 That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.
- Jeremiah 50:30 Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
Cities Taken by Sometimes Called After the Name of the Captor
- 2 Samuel 12:28 Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
Cities Taken by Sometimes Sown with Salt
- Judges 9:45 And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
Compassing About with Armies
- 2 Kings 6:14 the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
- Luke 21:20 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
Debir
- Joshua 10:38–39 Finally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it. …
Eglon
- Joshua 10:34–35 So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it. …
Encamping Against
- 2 Samuel 12:28 Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
- 2 Chronicles 32:1 After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
Extreme Difficulty of Taking Cities By, Alluded To
- Proverbs 18:19 An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
Fenced Cities Invested By
- 2 Kings 18:13 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
Gibbethon
- 1 Kings 16:15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
Great Noise and Tumult of, Alluded To
- Joel 2:5 With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
Hebron
- Joshua 10:36–37 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it. …
Jabesh-Gilead
- 1 Samuel 11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
Jericho
- Joshua 6:2–20 And the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor. …
Jerusalem
- 2 Kings 24:10–11 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. …
- 2 Kings 25:1–2 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. …
Keilah
- 1 Samuel 23:1 Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
Lachish
- Joshua 10:31–32 And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it. …
Libnah
- Joshua 10:29–30 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah. …
Makkedah
- Joshua 10:28 On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Often Lasted for a Long Time
- 2 Kings 17:5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
Pitching Against
- 2 Kings 25:1 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
Rabbah
- 2 Samuel 11:1 In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 12:26–29 Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress. …
Ramoth-Gilead
- 1 Kings 22:4 So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- 1 Kings 22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
Samaria
- 1 Kings 20:1 Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.
- 2 Kings 6:24 Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
- 2 Kings 17:5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
Setting in Array Against
- Jeremiah 50:9 For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not …
Shechem
- Judges 9:34 So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
- Judges 9:45 And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
The Jews Forbidden to Cut Down Fruit Trees for the Purpose of
- Deuteronomy 20:19–20 When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of …
The Judgments of God
- Micah 5:1 Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
The Omnipresence of God
- Psalm 139:5 You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
Thebez
- Judges 9:50 Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.
Those Engaged in Built Forts and Mounts
- Ezekiel 4:2 Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.
- Ezekiel 26:8 He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
Those Engaged in Called Upon the City to Surrender
- 1 Kings 20:2–3 Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, …
- 2 Kings 18:18 Then they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
- 2 Kings 18:20 You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
Those Engaged in Cast Arrows and Other Missiles Into the City
- 2 Kings 19:32 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
Those Engaged in Cut off all Supplies
- 2 Kings 19:24 I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
Those Engaged in Dug a Trench Round the City
- Luke 19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
Those Engaged in Employed Battering Rams Against the Walls
- Ezekiel 4:2 Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.
- Ezekiel 26:9 He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
Those Engaged in Frequently Laid Ambushes
- Judges 9:34 So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
Those Engaged in Invested the City on Every Side
- Ezekiel 23:24 They will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will …
Those Engaged in Often Suffered Much During
- Ezekiel 29:18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
Threatened As a Punishment
- Deuteronomy 28:52 They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
Tirzah
- 1 Kings 16:17 Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.
Ziklag
- 1 Samuel 30:1–2 On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down. …
Zion in Her Affliction
- Isaiah 1:8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.