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

There was

2 Samuel 20:15
All of the men who had accompanied Joab arrived and besieged Sheba in Abel of Beth-maacah. They threw up a siege ramp against the city rampart and began to batter the wall to demolish it.
2 Kings 6:24
Some time later, King Ben-hadad from Aram mustered his army, invaded the land, and attacked Samaria

General references

2 Samuel 20:16
Just then a wise woman called out from the city. "Attention!" she said, "Go tell Joab "Come here! I want to talk to you!'"
Proverbs 21:22
A wise man attacks the city of the mighty, bringing down the fortress in which they trust.
1 Corinthians 12:22
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are in fact indispensable,

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