Verse 14

There was a little{H6996} city,{H5892} and few{H4592} men{H582} within it; and there came{H935} a great{H1419} king{H4428} against it, and besieged{H5437} it, and built{H1129} great{H1419} bulwarks{H4685} against it.

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• 2 Sam 20:15-22 : 15 And they came{H935} and besieged{H6696} him in Abel{H59} of Beth-maacah,{H1038} and they cast up{H8210} a mound{H5550} against the city,{H5892} and it stood{H5975} against the rampart;{H2426} and all the people{H5971} that were with Joab{H3097} battered{H7843} the wall,{H2346} to throw it down.{H5307} 16 Then cried{H7121} a wise{H2450} woman{H802} out of the city,{H5892} Hear,{H8085} hear;{H8085} say,{H559} I pray you, unto Joab,{H3097} Come near{H7126} hither, that I may speak{H1696} with thee. 17 And he came near{H7126} unto her; and the woman{H802} said,{H559} Art thou Joab?{H3097} And he answered,{H559} I am. Then she said{H559} unto him, Hear{H8085} the words{H1697} of thy handmaid.{H519} And he answered,{H559} I do hear.{H8085} 18 Then she spake,{H559} saying,{H559} They were wont{H1696} to speak{H1696} in old time,{H7223} saying,{H559} They shall surely{H7592} ask{H7592} [counsel] at Abel:{H59} and so they ended{H8552} [the matter]. 19 I am of them that are peaceable{H7999} and faithful{H539} in Israel:{H3478} thou seekest{H1245} to destroy{H4191} a city{H5892} and a mother{H517} in Israel:{H3478} why wilt thou swallow up{H1104} the inheritance{H5159} of Jehovah?{H3068} 20 And Joab{H3097} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Far be it,{H2486} far be it{H2486} from me, that I should swallow up{H1104} or destroy.{H7843} 21 The matter{H1697} is not so: but a man{H376} of the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim,{H669} Sheba{H7652} the son{H1121} of Bichri{H1075} by name,{H8034} hath lifted up{H5375} his hand{H3027} against the king,{H4428} even against David;{H1732} deliver{H5414} him only, and I will depart{H3212} from the city.{H5892} And the woman{H802} said{H559} unto Joab,{H3097} Behold, his head{H7218} shall be thrown{H7993} to thee over{H1157} the wall.{H2346} 22 Then the woman{H802} went{H935} unto all the people{H5971} in her wisdom.{H2451} And they cut off{H3772} the head{H7218} of Sheba{H7652} the son{H1121} of Bichri,{H1075} and threw{H7993} it out to Joab.{H3097} And he blew{H8628} the trumpet,{H7782} and they were dispersed{H6327} from the city,{H5892} every man{H376} to his tent.{H168} And Joab{H3097} returned{H7725} to Jerusalem{H3389} unto the king.{H4428}
• 2 Kgs 6:24-7:20 : 24 And it came to pass after this,{H310} that Benhadad{H1130} king{H4428} of Syria{H758} gathered{H6908} all his host,{H4264} and went up,{H5927} and besieged{H6696} Samaria.{H8111} 25 And there was a great{H1419} famine{H7458} in Samaria:{H8111} and, behold, they besieged{H6696} it, until an ass's{H2543} head{H7218} was sold for fourscore{H8084} [pieces] of silver,{H3701} and the fourth part{H7255} of a kab{H6894} of dove's dung{H3123} for five{H2568} [ pieces] of silver.{H3701} 26 And as the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} was passing by{H5674} upon the wall,{H2346} there cried{H6817} a woman{H802} unto him, saying,{H559} Help,{H3467} my lord,{H113} O king.{H4428} 27 And he said,{H559} If Jehovah{H3068} do not help{H3467} thee, whence{H370} shall I help{H3467} thee? out of the threshing-floor,{H1637} or out of the winepress?{H3342} 28 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered,{H559} This woman{H802} said{H559} unto me, Give{H5414} thy son,{H1121} that we may eat{H398} him to-day,{H3117} and we will eat{H398} my son{H1121} to-morrow.{H4279} 29 So we boiled{H1310} my son,{H1121} and did eat{H398} him: and I said{H559} unto her on the next{H312} day,{H3117} Give{H5414} thy son,{H1121} that we may eat{H398} him; and she hath hid{H2244} her son.{H1121} 30 And it came to pass, when the king{H4428} heard{H8085} the words{H1697} of the woman,{H802} that he rent{H7167} his clothes{H899} (now he was passing by{H5674} upon the wall);{H2346} and the people{H5971} looked,{H7200} and, behold, he had sackcloth{H8242} within{H1004} upon his flesh.{H1320} 31 Then he said,{H559} God{H430} do{H6213} so to me, and more{H3254} also, if the head{H7218} of Elisha{H477} the son{H1121} of Shaphat{H8202} shall stand{H5975} on him this day.{H3117} 32 But Elisha{H477} was sitting{H3427} in his house,{H1004} and the elders{H2205} were sitting{H3427} with him; and [the king] sent{H7971} a man{H376} from before{H6440} him: but ere the messenger{H4397} came{H935} to him, he said{H559} to the elders,{H2205} See{H7200} ye how this son{H1121} of a murderer{H7523} hath sent{H7971} to take away{H5493} my head?{H7218} look,{H7200} when the messenger{H4397} cometh,{H935} shut{H5462} the door,{H1817} and hold the door{H1817} fast{H3905} against him: is not the sound{H6963} of his master's{H113} feet{H7272} behind{H310} him? 33 And while he was yet talking{H1696} with them, behold, the messenger{H4397} came down{H3381} unto him: and he said,{H559} Behold, this evil{H7451} is of Jehovah;{H3068} why should I wait{H3176} for Jehovah{H3068} any longer? 1 And Elisha{H477} said,{H559} Hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of Jehovah:{H3068} thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} To-morrow{H4279} about this time{H6256} shall a measure{H5429} of fine flour{H5560} be [sold] for a shekel,{H8255} and two measures{H5429} of barley{H8184} for a shekel,{H8255} in the gate{H8179} of Samaria.{H8111} 2 Then the captain{H7991} on whose hand{H3027} the king{H4428} leaned{H8172} answered{H6030} the man{H376} of God,{H430} and said,{H559} Behold, if Jehovah{H3068} should make{H6213} windows{H699} in heaven,{H8064} might this thing{H1697} be? And he said,{H559} Behold, thou shalt see{H7200} it with thine eyes,{H5869} but shalt not eat{H398} thereof. 3 Now there were four{H702} leprous{H6879} men{H582} at the entrance{H6607} of the gate:{H8179} and they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H7453} Why sit{H3427} we here until we die?{H4191} 4 If we say,{H559} We will enter{H935} into the city,{H5892} then the famine{H7458} is in the city,{H5892} and we shall die{H4191} there; and if we sit still{H3427} here, we die{H4191} also. Now therefore come,{H3212} and let us fall{H5307} unto the host{H4264} of the Syrians:{H758} if they save us alive,{H2421} we shall live;{H2421} and if they kill{H4191} us, we shall but die.{H4191} 5 And they rose up{H6965} in the twilight,{H5399} to go{H935} unto the camp{H4264} of the Syrians;{H758} and when they were come{H935} to the outermost part{H7097} of the camp{H4264} of the Syrians,{H758} behold, there was no man{H376} there. 6 For the Lord{H136} had made the host{H4264} of the Syrians{H758} to hear{H8085} a noise{H6963} of chariots,{H7393} and a noise{H6963} of horses,{H5483} even the noise{H6963} of a great{H1419} host:{H2428} and they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H251} Lo, the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} hath hired{H7936} against us the kings{H4428} of the Hittites,{H2850} and the kings{H4428} of the Egyptians,{H4714} to come{H935} upon us. 7 Wherefore they arose{H6965} and fled{H5127} in the twilight,{H5399} and left{H5800} their tents,{H168} and their horses,{H5483} and their asses,{H2543} even the camp{H4264} as it was, and fled{H5127} for their life.{H5315} 8 And when these lepers{H6879} came{H935} to the outermost part{H7097} of the camp,{H4264} they went{H935} into one{H259} tent,{H168} and did eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and carried{H5375} thence silver,{H3701} and gold,{H2091} and raiment,{H899} and went{H3212} and hid{H2934} it; and they came back,{H7725} and entered{H935} into another{H312} tent,{H168} and carried{H5375} thence also, and went{H3212} and hid{H2934} it. 9 Then they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H7453} We do{H6213} not well; this day{H3117} is a day{H3117} of good tidings,{H1309} and we hold our peace:{H2814} if we tarry{H2442} till the morning{H1242} light,{H216} punishment{H5771} will overtake{H4672} us; now therefore come,{H4672} let us go{H3212} and tell{H5046} the king's{H4428} household.{H1004} 10 So they came{H935} and called{H7121} unto the porter{H7778} of the city;{H5892} and they told{H5046} them, saying,{H559} We came{H935} to the camp{H4264} of the Syrians,{H758} and, behold, there was no man{H376} there, neither voice{H6963} of man,{H120} but the horses{H5483} tied,{H631} and the asses{H2543} tied,{H631} and the tents{H168} as they were. 11 And he called{H7121} the porters;{H7778} and they told{H5046} it to the king's{H4428} household{H1004} within.{H6441} 12 And the king{H4428} arose{H6965} in the night,{H3915} and said{H559} unto his servants,{H5650} I will now show{H5046} you what the Syrians{H758} have done{H6213} to us. They know{H3045} that we are hungry;{H7457} therefore are they gone out{H3318} of the camp{H4264} to hide{H2247} themselves in the field,{H7704} saying,{H559} When they come out{H3318} of the city,{H5892} we shall take{H8610} them alive,{H2416} and get{H935} into the city.{H5892} 13 And one{H259} of his servants{H5650} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Let some take,{H3947} I pray thee, five{H2568} of the horses{H5483} that remain,{H7604} which are left{H7604} in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude{H1995} of Israel{H3478} that are left{H7604} in it; behold, they are as all the multitude{H1995} of Israel{H3478} that are consumed);{H8552} and let us send{H7971} and see.{H7200} 14 They took{H3947} therefore two{H8147} chariots{H7393} with horses;{H5483} and the king{H4428} sent{H7971} after{H310} the host{H4264} of the Syrians,{H758} saying,{H559} Go{H3212} and see.{H7200} 15 And they went{H3212} after{H310} them unto the Jordan:{H3383} and, lo, all the way{H1870} was full{H4392} of garments{H899} and vessels,{H3627} which the Syrians{H758} had cast away{H7993} in their haste.{H2648} And the messengers{H4397} returned,{H7725} and told{H5046} the king.{H4428} 16 And the people{H5971} went out,{H3318} and plundered{H962} the camp{H4264} of the Syrians.{H758} So a measure{H5429} of fine flour{H5560} was [sold] for a shekel,{H8255} and two measures{H5429} of barley{H8184} for a shekel,{H8255} according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068} 17 And the king{H4428} appointed{H6485} the captain{H7991} on whose hand{H3027} he leaned{H8172} to have the charge of the gate:{H8179} and the people{H5971} trod{H7429} upon him in the gate,{H8179} and he died{H4191} as the man{H376} of God{H430} had said,{H1696} who spake{H1696} when the king{H4428} came down{H3381} to him. 18 And it came to pass, as the man{H376} of God{H430} had spoken{H1696} to the king,{H4428} saying,{H559} Two measures{H5429} of barley{H8184} for a shekel,{H8255} and a measure{H5429} of fine flour{H5560} for a shekel,{H8255} shall be to-morrow{H4279} about this time{H6256} in the gate{H8179} of Samaria;{H8111} 19 and that captain{H7991} answered{H6030} the man{H376} of God,{H430} and said,{H559} Now, behold, if Jehovah{H3068} should make{H6213} windows{H699} in heaven,{H8064} might such a thing{H1697} be? and he said,{H559} Behold, thou shalt see{H7200} it with thine eyes,{H5869} but shalt not eat{H398} thereof: 20 it came to pass even so unto him; for the people{H5971} trod{H7429} upon him in the gate,{H8179} and he died.{H4191}