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Thematic Bible



Then they called for the king, but Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebnah the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came out to them. Verse ConceptsOfficersScribesSecretaryRecorders

He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, "This is what Ben-hadad says: 'Your silver and your gold are mine! And your best wives and children are mine as well!' "

You think mere words are strategy and strength for war. What are you now relying on so that you have rebelled against me? Verse Conceptsemptiness

He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his iron tools. Verse ConceptsAxesBattering ramsTowers

Then lay siege against it: construct a siege wall, build a ramp, pitch military camps, and place battering rams against it on all sides. Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyBattering ramsFortsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

He will slaughter your villages on the mainland with the sword. He will set up siege works against you, and will build a ramp and raise a wall of shields against you. Verse ConceptsFortsKilled With The SwordSiege MoundsThe Nations Attacked

Then lay siege against it: construct a siege wall, build a ramp, pitch military camps, and place battering rams against it on all sides. Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyBattering ramsFortsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:
He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow there
or come before it with a shield
or build up an assault ramp against it.
Verse ConceptsShieldsArchers, In ArmiesAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

They will come against you with an alliance of nations and with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will set themselves against you on every side with shields, bucklers, and helmets. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will judge you by their own standards. Verse ConceptsChariotsCartsShieldsWheelsWagonsAttacking With ChariotsHelmetsPeople Opposed

I dug wells,
and I drank foreign waters.
I dried up all the streams of Egypt
with the soles of my feet.
Verse ConceptsdrynessPeople Drying Things UpFeet In ActionFailing Rivers

“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder chafed, but he and his army received no compensation from Tyre for the labor he expended against it. Verse ConceptsBaldnessBare ArmsThose Who Toiled

So Abimelech and all the people with him got up at night and waited in ambush for Shechem in four units. Verse ConceptsFour Groups

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side. Verse ConceptsSiegesThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemEnemies SurroundingAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldSiege Moundsinvesting

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