Thematic Bible: Those engaged in
Thematic Bible
Sieges » Those engaged in » Called upon the city to surrender
When they called for the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the [king’s] household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the secretary went out to [meet] them.
He sent messengers into Samaria to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, Thus says Ben-hadad: Your silver and your gold are mine; your wives and your children, even the fairest, also are mine.
You say (but they are only empty words) ‘I have counsel and strength for the war.’ Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?
Sieges » Those engaged in » Employed battering rams, &c against the walls
He will direct the [shocking] blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his crowbars.
Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise a ramp against it; set up [enemy] camps and place battering rams all around it.
Sieges » Those engaged in » Built forts and mounts
He will kill your daughters on the mainland with the sword, and he shall make siege walls against you and build a siege ramp against you and raise [a roof of] large shields [as a defense] against you.
Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise a ramp against it; set up [enemy] camps and place battering rams all around it.
Sieges » Those engaged in » Cast arrows and other missiles into the city
‘Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: “He will not come to this city [Jerusalem] nor shoot an arrow there; nor will he come before it with a shield nor throw up a siege ramp against it.
Sieges » Those engaged in » Invested the city on every side
They will come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of people (infantry) who will array themselves against you on every side with large shield and small, and helmet; and I will commit the judgment and the punishment to them, and they will judge and punish you in accordance with their [pagan] customs.
Sieges » Those engaged in » Cut off all supplies
“I dug wells and drank foreign waters,
And with the sole of my feet I dried up
All the rivers of [the Lower Nile of] Egypt.”
Sieges » Those engaged in » A large amount » Suffered
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army work hard [at My command] against Tyre; every [soldier’s] head became bald and every shoulder was worn and peeled [from carrying loads of dirt and stones for siege works]. Yet he had no wages from Tyre [in proportion to the time and labor expended during the siege], either for himself or his army, for the work that he had done against it [for Me].”
Sieges » Those engaged in » Frequently laid ambushes
So Abimelech and all the people who were with him got up during the night, and set up an ambush against Shechem, in four companies.