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Psa 53:5 the bones of him who set against you
Eze 4:7 to Jerusalem you shall establish your face
War action that consists of surrounding the enemy city or square restricting its trade and supply of food and, sometimes, water (Nah 3:14). Surrounding Jericho for several days was an a. (Jos 6:3), but sometimes it can be long, for months and even years. With the monarchy, Israel came to have a professionally organized army and the technique of a. Joab besieged † ¢ Abel-bet-maaca and tried to undermine his wall (2Sa 20:15). King †¢Uzziah perfected special war machines for the a. (2Ch 26:15). Israel sang for God’s deliverance when the a. against her by the nations (Ps 118:10-11). Sin, enemy of the soul, a. and we must put it off (Heb 12:1).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
type, EXER
see, LAMENTATIONS Military tactic for the reduction of a strong point by starvation. Faced with stubborn resistance, and making a frontal assault impossible, armies attacking a fortress or fortified city surrounded it, preventing people and goods from leaving or entering it. Sieges often lasted for years, during which there were numerous skirmishes, attacks by various means, entries, exits. When the invaders judged that the morale and physical condition of the city’s defenders had dropped, they launched the attack with battering rams, platforms, ladders, or with stratagems they tried to open up the city. These efforts were repulsed with all kinds of defensive weapons, including the use of boiling oil thrown on the attackers. The Romans perfected the techniques, building true assault ramps, to launch themselves on the fortified city. On many occasions, the final phase of the attack was resolved in a general slaughter of the population of the city and its looting. Josephus gives a vivid description of the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans (Wars 5-6). See Jeremiah’s chilling lamentation of the result of Nebuchadnezzar’s siege (Book of Lamentations).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary