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