- besieged Tirzah:
- "And Abimelechª foughtª° against the cityª all¹ that¹ day;ª and he tookª°¹ the city,ª and slewª° the peopleª that¹ [was] therein, and beat downª°¹ the city,ª and sowedª° it with salt.ª" {Jdg 9:45} + "Then went²°¹ Abimelechª to¹ Thebez,ª and encampedª° against Thebez,ª and tookª° it." {Jdg 9:50} + "Thus Godª renderedª°¹ the wickednessª of Abimelech,ª which¹ he didª° unto his father,ª in slayingª°¹ his seventyª brethren:ª ... And all¹ the evilª of the men²¹ of Shechemª did Godª renderª° upon their heads:ª and upon¹ them cameª° the curseª of Jothamª the sonª of Jerubbaal.ª" {Jdg 9:56-57} + "And it came to pass¹ after¹ this,²¹ that Benhadadª kingª of Syriaª gatheredª°¹ all¹ his host,ª and went up,ª° and besiegedª°¹ Samaria.ª ... And there was¹ a greatª famineª in Samaria:ª and, behold,¹ they besiegedª°¹ it, until¹ an ass'sª headª was¹ [sold] for fourscoreª [pieces] of silver,ª and the fourth partª of a cabª of dove's dungª°²² for fiveª [pieces] of silver.ª" {2Kg 6:24-25} + "And it came to pass¹ in the fourthª yearª of kingª Hezekiah,ª which¹ [was] the seventhª yearª of Hosheaª sonª of Elahª kingª of Israel,ª [that] Shalmaneserª kingª of Assyriaª came upª° against¹ Samaria,ª and besiegedª°¹ it. ... Because¹¹ they obeyedª° not¹ the voiceª of the LORDª their God,ª but transgressedª°¹ his covenant,ª [and]¹ all¹ that¹ Mosesª the servantª of the LORDª commanded,ª° and would not¹ hearª° [them], nor¹ doª° [them]." {2Kg 18:9-12} + "And it came to pass¹ in the ninthª yearª of his reign,ª° in the tenthª month,ª in the tenthª [day] of the month,ª [that] Nebuchadnezzarª kingª of Babylonª came,ª° he,¹ and all¹ his host,ª against¹ Jerusalem,ª and pitchedª° against¹ it; and they builtª° fortsª against¹ it round about.ª ... And the cityª was broken up,ª° and all¹ the men²¹ of warª [fled] by nightª by the wayª of the gateª between¹ two walls,ª which¹ [is] by¹ the king'sª garden:ª (now the Chaldeesª [were] against¹ the cityª round about:)ª and [the king] went²°¹ the wayª toward the plain.ª" {2Kg 25:1-4} + "Forª the daysª shall comeª° uponª thee,ª thatª thineª enemiesª shall cast²° a trench² aboutª°¹ thee,²¹ andª compass²° thee² round,ª°¹ andª keep²° thee² inª°¹ on every side,ª ... Andª shall lay²° thee² even with the ground,ª°¹ andª thyª childrenª withinª thee;ª andª they shall²° notª leaveª° inª theeª one stone² upon² another;ª¹ becauseªª thou knewestª° notª the¹ timeª of thyª visitation.ª" {Lke 19:43-44}
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