Thematic Bible: Those engaged in
Thematic Bible
Sieges » Those engaged in » Called upon the city to surrender
When they called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them.
Then he sent messengers to the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, "Thus says Ben-hadad, 'Your silver and your gold are mine; your most beautiful wives and children are also mine.'"
You say (but they are only empty words), ‘I have counsel and strength for the war.’ Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?
Sieges » Those engaged in » Employed battering rams, &c against the walls
The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise up a ramp, pitch camps and place battering rams against it all around.
Sieges » Those engaged in » Built forts and mounts
He will slay your daughters on the mainland with the sword; and he will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you.
Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise up a ramp, pitch camps and place battering rams against it all around.
Sieges » Those engaged in » Cast arrows and other missiles into the city
‘Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, “He will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield or throw up a siege ramp against it.
Sieges » Those engaged in » Invested the city on every side
They will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons, and with a company of peoples. They will set themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their customs.
Sieges » Those engaged in » Cut off all supplies
And with the sole of my feet I
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Sieges » Those engaged in » A large amount » Suffered
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it.”
Sieges » Those engaged in » Frequently laid ambushes
So Abimelech and all the people who were with him arose by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.