2 Samuel 20:15

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And they came and besieged him in Abel, neare to Bethmaacha: And they cast vp a bancke against the citie, and the people therof stoode on the ramper, and all the people that was with Ioab, thrust at the wall to ouerthrowe it.

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  • 2 Kgs 19:32 : 32 Wherfore thus sayth the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: he shall not come to this citie, nor shote an arrowe into it, nor come before it with shielde, nor cast a banke against it.
  • Jer 32:24 : 24 Beholde, there are bulwarkes made nowe against this citie to take it, and it shalbe wonne of the Chaldees that besiege it with sworde, with hunger, and death: and looke what thou hast spoken, that same shall come vpon them, for lo all thinges are present vnto thee.
  • Jer 33:4 : 4 Thus I say speaketh the Lorde god of Israel, concerning the houses of this citie, and the houses of the kynges of Iuda that are broken thorowe the ordinaunce and the sworde.
  • Ezek 4:2 : 2 And lay siege against it, and builde a fort against it, and cast a mount against it: set the campe also against it, and lay engins of warre against it rounde about.
  • Luke 19:43 : 43 For the dayes shall come vpon thee, that thyne enemies also shall caste a banke about thee, and compasse thee rounde, and kepe thee in on euery syde:
  • Isa 37:33 : 33 Therfore thus saith the Lorde concernyng the kyng of the Assyrians: He shall not come into this citie, and shall shoote no arrowe into it, there shall no shielde hurt it, neither shall they cast ditches about it.
  • Jer 6:6 : 6 For thus hath the Lorde of hoastes commaunded, Hewe downe her trees, and set vp bulwarkes against Hierusalem: for the tyme is come that this citie must be punished, for in her is all maliciousnesse.
  • 1 Kgs 15:20 : 20 So Benhadad hearkened vnto king Asa, & sent the captaynes of the hoastes which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote Hion, and Dan, and Abel, Beth Maacah, and all the region of Ceneroth, with all the lande of Nephthali.
  • 2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the dayes of Pecah king of Israel, came Thiglath Pelesar king of Assyria, & toke Iion, Abel Beth maacha, Ianoah, Kedes, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the lande of Nephthali, and carryed them away to Assyria.

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  • 2 Sam 20:12-14
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    78%

    12And Amasa wallowed in blood in the middes of the way: And when the man sawe that all the people stoode still, he remoued Amasa out of the way into the fielde, and cast a cloth vpon him, because he saw that euery one that came by him stoode still.

    13And assoone as he was remoued out of the way, al the people went after Ioab, to folow after Seba the sonne of Bichri.

    14And he went thorow all the tribes of Israel, vnto Abel, and to Bethmaacha, and all the places of Berim: And they gathered together, and went after him.

  • 2 Sam 20:16-19
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    77%

    16Then cryed a wyse woman out of the citie, heare, heare, I pray you say vnto Ioab: Come hither that I may speake with thee.

    17When Ioab was come vnto her, the woman saide: Art thou Ioab? He aunswered: I am he. She saide vnto him: Heare the wordes of thyne handmayd. And he aunswered: I do heare.

    18Then she spake thus: They spake in the olde tyme, saying, They should aske of Abel: And so haue they continued.

    19I am one of them that are peaceable & faithfull in Israel, and thou goest about to destroy a citie, and a mother in Israel: Why wilt thou deuour the inheritaunce of the Lorde?

  • 1 Chr 20:1
    73%

    1And it came to passe, that after the yere was expired( about ye time that kinges go out a warrefare) Ioab caryed out the armie of the hoast, and destroyed the countrey of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabba, and destroyed it: But Dauid taried at Hierusalem whyle Ioab smote Rabba and destroyed it.

  • 2 Kgs 3:25
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    25And they ouerthrew the cities, and on euery good parcell of lande cast euery man his stone, and filled it, & they stopt all the welles of water, and feld all the good trees, onely in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof: howbeit they went about it with slinges, & smote it.

  • Ezek 4:2
    71%

    2And lay siege against it, and builde a fort against it, and cast a mount against it: set the campe also against it, and lay engins of warre against it rounde about.

  • 2 Sam 11:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20If the kinges anger aryse, and he say vnto thee, wherfore approched ye so nye vnto the citie when ye did fight? wyst ye not that they would hurle and shoote from the wall?

    21Who smote Abimelech sonne of Ierubesheth? Did not a woman cast a peece of a mylstone vpon him from of the wall, and he dyed in Thebes? why went ye nye the wall? Then say thou: Thy seruaunt Urias the Hethite is dead also.

  • Judg 9:50-52
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    71%

    50Then went Abimelech to Thebez, & besieged it, and toke it.

    51But there was a strong towre within the citie, and thyther ranne all the men and women, and all the chiefe that were in the citie, and shut it to them, and gate them vp to the toppe of the towre.

    52And Abimelech came vnto the towre, and fought agaynst it, and went harde vnto the doore of ye towre to set it on fire.

  • Josh 6:20
    70%

    20And the people showted, and blewe with trumpettes: And when the people heard the sound of the trumpe, they showted with a great showt, and the wall fell downe flat, so that the people went vp into ye citie, euery man straight before hym, and toke the citie:

  • 2 Sam 20:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21The matter is not so: But a man of mount Ephraim (Seba the sonne of Bichri by name) hath lyft vp his hand against the king, euen against Dauid: Delyuer vs him onely, & I wyll depart from the citie. And the woman said vnto Ioab: Behold, his head shalbe throwen to thee ouer the wall.

    22And then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisedome, and they smote of the head of Seba ye sonne of Bichri, and cast it out to Ioab: And he blew a trumpet, & they retyred from the citie, euery man to his tent: And Ioab returned to Hierusalem, vnto the king.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
    70%

    15And ten seruauntes that bare Ioabs weapons, turned and smote Absalom, and slue him.

  • 1 Chr 19:15
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    15And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they ran away likewise before Abisai his brother, and gat them into the citie: and Ioab came to Hierusalem.

  • Ezek 26:9
    70%

    9He shall set engins of warre before hym against thy walles, & with his weapons breake downe thy towres.

  • 2 Chr 25:23
    69%

    23And Ioas the king of Israel toke Amaziahu king of Iuda the sonne of Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz at Bethsames, and brought him to Hierusalem, and tare the wall of Hierusalem (from the gate of Ephraim, vnto the gate that was ouer against it) foure hundred cubites.

  • 2 Sam 12:26-29
    4 verses
    69%

    26Then Ioab fought against Rabba of the children of Ammon, and toke the citie of the kingdome.

    27And Ioab sent messengers to Dauid, saying: I haue fought against Rabba, and haue taken the citie of waters.

    28Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the citie, that thou mayst take it: lest I take it, & it be called after my name.

    29And Dauid gathered al the people together, & went against Rabba, and besieged it, and toke it.

  • Josh 2:15
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    15And then she let them downe by a corde through a wyndow: for her house was vpon the towne wall, & she dwelt vpon the towne wall.

  • 1 Kgs 20:30
    69%

    30But the rest fled to Aphec into the citie, and there fell a wall vpon twentie and seuen thousande of the men that were left: And Benhadad fled, and came into the citie, from chamber to chamber.

  • 1 Chr 11:8
    69%

    8And he built the citie on euery syde, euen from Millo round about: and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie.

  • 2 Kgs 14:13
    69%

    13And Iehoas king of Israel toke Amaziahu king of Iuda the sonne of Iehoas the sonne of Ahaziahu at Bethsames, and came to Hierusalem, & brake downe the wall of Hierusalem, from the gate of Ephraim, to the corner gate, foure hundred cubites.

  • 2 Kgs 3:21
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    21And when al the Moabites heard that the kinges were come vp to fight against them, they gathered all that was able to put on harnesse, and stoode in the border of the lande:

  • 2 Sam 11:16
    69%

    16So when Ioab besieged the citie, he assigned Urias vnto a place where he wist that strong men were.

  • Isa 25:12
    69%

    12The strong holde also and defence of thy walles hath he ouerthrowne and cast downe, and brought them to the grounde, euen vnto dust.

  • Judg 9:45
    69%

    45And when Abimelech had fought against the citie al that day, he toke it, and slue the people that was therin, and destroyed the citie, and sowed salte in it.

  • Eccl 9:14
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    14There was a litle citie and a few men within it: so there came a great kyng and besieged it, and made great bulwarkes against it.

  • 2 Chr 32:5
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    5And Hezekia went to lustyly, and buylt vp the wall where it was broken, and made ordinaunce vpon the towres, and to the other wall without, and repaired Millo in the citie of Dauid, and made many dartes and shieldes.

  • 2 Sam 18:17
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    17And they toke Absalom, and cast him into a great pyt in the wood, and layed a mightie great heape of stones vpon him: And all Israel fled euery one to their tentes.

  • 1 Kgs 15:20
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    20So Benhadad hearkened vnto king Asa, & sent the captaynes of the hoastes which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote Hion, and Dan, and Abel, Beth Maacah, and all the region of Ceneroth, with all the lande of Nephthali.

  • 2 Sam 2:25
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    25And the children of Beniamin gathered them selues together after Abner, & were on a heape, and stoode on the top of an hill.

  • Jer 52:14
    68%

    14And the whole hoast of the Chaldees that were with the chiefe captayne, brake downe all the walles of Hierusalem rounde about.

  • Nah 2:5
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    5He shall remember his notable souldiours, they shal stumble in goyng, they shall hasten to the wall, the couering fence is prepared.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    68%

    8And when Dauid hearde of it, he sent Ioab and all the hoast of strong men.

  • Isa 22:10
    68%

    10As for the houses of Hierusalem ye haue numbred them, and the houses haue ye broken downe, to make the wall strong.

  • 2 Chr 33:14
    68%

    14After this he buylt a wall without the citie of Dauid on the west side of Gion, in the valley, as they came to the fishe gate, and round about Ophel, & brought it vp of a very great heyght, and put captaynes of warre in all the strong cities of Iuda.

  • 2 Kgs 25:10
    68%

    10And all the souldiers of the Chaldees that were with the chiefe captayne of the men of warre, brake downe the walles of Hierusalem rounde about.

  • 2 Sam 10:13
    68%

    13And Ioab proceeded foorth, & the people that was with him, to fight against the Syrians: but they fled before him.