Ecclesiastes 9:14
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A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.

Luke 19:43
For the days shall come upon thee: and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee round and straiten thee on every side,

Deuteronomy 20:20
But if there be any trees that are not fruitful, but wild, and fit for other uses, cut them down, and make engines, until thou take the city, which fighteth against thee.

2 Samuel 20:16
And a wise woman cried out from the city: Hear, hear, and say to Joab: Come near hither, and I will speak with thee.

Ecclesiastes 9:13
This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:

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A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.

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2 Samuel 20:15-22 And they came, and besieged him in Abela, and in Bethmaacha, and they cast up works round the city, and the city was besieged: and all the people that were with Joab, laboured to throw down the walls. . . .

2 Kings 6:24-33 And it came to pass, after these things, that Benadad, king of Syria, gathered together all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. . . .

2 Kings 7:1 And Eliseus said: Hear ye the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord: Tomorrow, about this time, a bushel of fine flour shall be sold for a stater, and two bushels of barley for a stater, in the gate of Samaria.

Context
Wisdom is Better than Strength
13This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great: 14A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.15Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man.…
Lexicon
There was a small
קְטַנָּ֔ה (qə·ṭan·nāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6996: Small, young, unimportant

city
עִ֣יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

with few men.
מְעָ֑ט (mə·‘āṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few

A mighty
גָּדוֹל֙ (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

king
מֶ֤לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

came
וּבָֽא־ (ū·ḇā-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

against it,
אֵלֶ֜יהָ (’ê·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

surrounded it,
וְסָבַ֣ב (wə·sā·ḇaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

and built
וּבָנָ֥ה (ū·ḇā·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

large
גְּדֹלִֽים׃ (gə·ḏō·lîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

siege ramps
מְצוֹדִ֥ים (mə·ṣō·w·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4685: A net, a, fastness, tower

against it.
עָלֶ֖יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

suppose there were a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds against it;

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and encompassed it, and built great bulwarks against it:

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;
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