4 occurrences

'Surrounded' in the Bible

The Gazites [were told], "Samson has come here," so they surrounded [the place] and lay in ambush for him all night at the city gate. They kept silent all night, saying, "[We will wait] until the morning light, and then we will kill him."

Verse ConceptsDawnWaitingAmbushActing All NightAttempting To Kill Specific People

While {they were enjoying themselves}, behold, the men of the city, {the perverse lot}, surrounded the house, pounding on the door. And they said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house so that {we may have sex with him}."

Verse ConceptsVulgarityCrude LanguageDecadenceHomosexualityKnockingSexual Union IntendedAbuse

The lords of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine, and she died.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDeath Of Unnamed Individuals

They surrounded Benjamin; they pursued them without rest [and] trod them down opposite Gibeah to the east.

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