Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

Bible References

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2 Samuel 20:15
And Joab and his men got him shut up in Abel of Beth-maacah, and put up an earthwork against the town: and all Joab's men did their best to get the wall broken down.
2 Kings 6:24
Now after this, Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got together all his army and went up to make an attack on Samaria, shutting the town in on all sides with his forces.

General references

2 Samuel 20:16
Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say now to Joab, Come near, so that I may have talk with you.
Proverbs 21:22
A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.
1 Corinthians 12:22
No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain