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 go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mount against the city, and it standeth in a trench, and all the people who are are with Joab are destroying, to cause the wall to fall.
2 Kings 6:24
And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathereth all his camp, and goeth up, and layeth siege to Samaria,

General references

2 Samuel 20:16
And a wise woman calleth out of the city, 'Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, and I speak unto thee.'
Proverbs 21:22
A city of the mighty hath the wise gone up, And bringeth down the strength of its confidence.
1 Corinthians 12:22
But much more the members of the body which seem to be more infirm are necessary,