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 20:1See also1 Kings 20:15-20;2 Kings 6:24;Kings 7:3-7
Shalmaneser V besieged Samaria
2 Kings 17:5-6See also2 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 25:1See also2 Kings 25:2-11 ppJeremiah 39:1-10;2 Chronicles 36:17-20 ppJeremiah 52:4-15
Jesus Christ warned that Jerusalem would be besieged and destroyed
Luke 19:43The Roman army destroyed Jerusalem in A.D. 70 using an embankment to besiege the city.See alsoLuke 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 armies5214 attack5228 battering-rams5244 camp5246 captivity5344 imprisonment5354 invasions5605 warfare7215 exile, the7239 Jerusalem9220 day of the LORD
