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besieged

Meaning of “besieged”

Surrounded and shut in by hostile forces seeking to take or subdue a city, place, or people; under siege.

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First occurrence: 2 Samuel 11:1

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2 Samuel 11:1
AND it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 11:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe, that after the yeere was expired, at the time when kings goe foorth to battell, that Dauid sent Ioab and his seruants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah: but Dauid taried still at Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteHeb. at the returne of the yeere.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 20.1.

2 Samuel 20:15
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 20:15 · retained source text

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast vp a banke against the citie, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Ioab, battered the wall, to throw it downe.

1611 marginal noteOr, it stood against the outmost wall

1611 marginal noteHeb. marred to throw downe.

1 Kings 16:17
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 16:17 · retained source text

And Omri went vp from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

1 Kings 20:1
AND Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
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¶ And Benhadad the King of Syria gathered all his hoste together, and there were thirtie and two kings with him, and horses, and charets: and hee went vp and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

2 Kings 6:24
¶ And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 6:24 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his hoste, and went vp, and besieged Samaria.

2 Kings 6:25
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 6:25 · retained source text

And there was a great famine in Samaria: and behold, they besieged it, vntill an asses head was solde for fourescore pieces of siluer, and the fourth part of a kab of doues doung for fiue pieces of siluer.

2 Kings 16:5
¶ Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 16:5 · retained source text

¶ Then Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah sonne of Remaliah king of Israel, came vp to Ierusalem to warre: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not ouercome him.

1611 marginal noteIsa 7.1.

2 Kings 17:5
¶ Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:5 · retained source text

¶ Then the king of Assyria came vp thorowout all the land, and went vp to Samaria, and besieged it three yeres.

2 Kings 18:9
¶ And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 18:9 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in the fourth yeere of king Hezekiah, (which was the seuenth yeere of Hoshea, sonne of Elah king of Israel) that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came vp against Samaria, and besieged it.

1611 marginal noteCha. 17.3.

2 Kings 19:24
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 19:24 · retained source text

I haue digged & drunke strange waters, and with the sole of my feete haue I dried vp all the riuers of besieged places.

1611 marginal noteOr, fenced

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