20 occurrences

'Besieged' in the Bible

When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee?

Verse ConceptsRespect, For EnvironmentEcological ConcernsFortsTreesFelling TreesSharp ToolsHarming Trees

And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle , that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfSpringSiegesNature Of KingsReady For WarThe Nations Attackedspringtime

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsSiegesWallsSiege MoundsPeople Attacking Their Own

And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

Verse ConceptsPeople Attacking Their Own

And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together; and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingChariotsHorsesSiegesThirty SomeNations Attacking Israelsyria

And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

Verse ConceptsSiegesNations Attacking Israelsyria

And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfCoinagedung and manureHeadsMonotonySuffering, Nature OfWeights And Measures, DryDefecationHelp In ShortageA Fourth PartExpensiveOther Volume Measuresboyfriendspoop

Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

Verse ConceptsActual Attacks On JerusalemList Of Kings Of Israelsyria

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

Verse ConceptsThree YearsNations Attacking Israel

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

Verse ConceptsList Of Kings Of IsraelNations Attacking Israel

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Verse ConceptsMonotonyYears Of Zedekiah

And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle , that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.

Verse ConceptsRuinsSpringArchaeology

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.

Verse ConceptsFew People

And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

Verse ConceptsCucumbersFruitBoothsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

And it came to pass when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and besieged it;

Verse ConceptsInvasionsMonthArmies, Against IsraelMonth 10Years Of ZedekiahActual Attacks On JerusalemCapturing CitiesKings of judah

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Verse ConceptsYears Of Zedekiah

And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsIronSigns From GodSeparation From GodPlatesIron ObjectsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath upon them.

Verse ConceptsFamine Killing

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Verse ConceptsActual Attacks On Jerusalem

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Besiege (18 instances)
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Root Form
Definition
Usage
מצוּר מצור 
Matsowr 
Usage: 26

מצור 
Matsowr 
Usage: 5

נצר 
Natsar 
Usage: 63

צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 38

צרר 
Tsarar 
Usage: 54

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