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
And they came and besieged him in Abel Beth Maacah. They threw up a siege ramp against the city, and they stood against the ramparts. And all the army who [were] with Joab [were] battering to cause the wall to fall.
2 Kings 6:24
It happened after this that Ben-Hadad king of Aram assembled all of his army and marched up and laid siege against Samaria.

General references

2 Samuel 20:16
Then a wise woman from the city called out, "Listen, listen! Please speak to Joab [to] come near here so that I may speak to you."
Proverbs 21:22
To a city of warriors, the wise ascends, and he will bring down the stronghold--its object of trust.
1 Corinthians 12:22
But by much more the members of the body which are thought to be weaker are necessary,