SIEGE

–An offer of peace must be made to the city before beginning a De 20:10-12

–Conducted by erecting embankments parallel to the walls of the besieged city De 20:19,20; Isa 29:3; 37:33

–Battering-rams used in

.See BATTERING-RAMS

–Distress of the inhabitants during a 2Ki 6:24-29; 25:3; Isa 9:20; 36:12; Jer 19:9

–Cannibalism during a 2Ki 6:28,29

–INSTANCES OF

.Jericho Jos 6

.Rabbah 2Sa 11:1

.Abel 2Sa 20:15

.Gibbethon 1Ki 15:27

.Tirzah 1Ki 16:17

.Jerusalem

.By the sons of Judah Jud 1:8

.By David 2Sa 5:6,9

.By Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel 2Ki 16:5

.By Nebuchadnezzar 2Ki 24:10,11; Da 1:1; 2Ki 25:1-3; Jer 52

.By Sennacherib 2Ch 32:1-23

.Samaria 1Ki 20:1; 2Ki 6:24; 17:5; 18:9-11