Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5529 sieges
Sustained battle against fortified cities, preventing renewal of supplies; a common tactic in OT times. Samaria and Jerusalem both fell to sieges.
Sieges used by and against Israel
Deuteronomy 20:12,19-20; Judges 9:50; 1 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 11:1; Samuel 20:15
Ben-Hadad II twice besieged Samaria, unsuccessfully
1 Kings 20:1 See also 1 Kings 20:15-20; 2 Kings 6:24; Kings 7:3-7
Shalmaneser V besieged Samaria
2 Kings 17:5-6 See also 2 Kings 18:9-12
Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem, unsuccessfully
2 Kings 18:17,35-36; 2 Chronicles 32:1-5; Isaiah 29:5-8; Isaiah 37:36-37
Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem
2 Kings 25:1 See also 2 Kings 25:2-11 pp Jeremiah 39:1-10; 2 Chronicles 36:17-20 pp Jeremiah 52:4-15
Jesus Christ warned that Jerusalem would be besieged and destroyed
Luke 19:43 The Roman army destroyed Jerusalem in A.D. 70 using an embankment to besiege the city. See also Luke 21:20-24
Sieges caused great suffering and people adopted desperate measures for survival
Deuteronomy 28:51-57; 2 Kings 6:24-29; Kings 18:27
See also
5208 armies 5214 attack 5228 battering-rams 5244 camp 5246 captivity 5344 imprisonment 5354 invasions 5605 warfare 7215 exile, the 7239 Jerusalem 9220 day of the LORD
