Quotes about Siege
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
- 2 Kings 25:1
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
- 2 Kings 25:2
And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 25:10
After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
- 2 Chronicles 32:1
Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.
- 2 Chronicles 32:18
His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
- Job 19:12
The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
- Job 30:12
Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
- Psalm 31:21
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
- Ecclesiastes 9:14
A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
- Isaiah 21:2
Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
- Isaiah 23:13
I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
- Isaiah 29:3