Thematic Bible
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Armies » Employed in » Besieging cities
But if they {do not accept your terms of peace} and they want to make war with you, then you shall lay siege against it.
And I will encamp {in a circle} against you, and I will lay siege to you [with] towers and I will raise up siegeworks against you.
Siege » An offer of peace must be made to the city before beginning a
"When you approach a city to fight against it, {you must offer it peace}. {And then} if {they accept your terms of peace} and {they surrender to you}, {and then} all the people {inhabiting it} shall be forced labor for you, and they shall serve you. But if they {do not accept your terms of peace} and they want to make war with you, then you shall lay siege against it.