8 occurrences

'Siege' in the Bible

And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathereth all his camp, and goeth up, and layeth siege to Samaria,

Verse ConceptsSiegesNations Attacking Israelsyria

and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings.

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

Then doth Rezin king of Aram go up, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle, and they lay siege to Ahaz, and they have not been able to fight.

Verse ConceptsActual Attacks On JerusalemList Of Kings Of Israelsyria

And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;

Verse ConceptsThree YearsNations Attacking Israel

And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of king Hezekiah -- it is the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel -- come up hath Shalmaneser king of Asshur against Samaria, and layeth siege to it,

Verse ConceptsList Of Kings Of IsraelNations Attacking Israel

At that time come up have servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city goeth into siege,

and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cometh against the city, and his servants are laying siege to it,

And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,

Verse ConceptsMonotonyYears Of Zedekiah

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