siege

¶ When thou shalt besiege a citie a long time, in making warre against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof, by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eate of them, and thou shalt not cut them downe ( for the tree of the field is mans life) to employ them in the siege.

1611 marginal noteOr, for, O man the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to goe from before thee.

And thou shalt eate the fruit of thine owne body, the flesh of thy sonnes, and of thy daughters (which the LORD thy God hath giuen thee) in the siege, and in the straitnesse wherewith thine enemies shall distresse thee.

1611 marginal noteHebr. belly.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.29. 2.king. 6.29. lam. 4.10. baruc. 2.3.

So that he wil not giue to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eate: because hee hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitnesse wherewith thine enemies shal distresse thee, in all thy gates.

And towards her yong one that commeth out from betweene her feete, and towards her children which shee shall beare: for shee shall eate them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitnes, wherewith thine enemie shall distresse thee in thy gates.

1611 marginal noteHebr. after-birth.

¶ And Baasha the sonne of Ahiiah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him, and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belongeth to the Philistines, (for Nadab and all Israel layd siege to Gibbethon,)

¶ After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his seruants to Ierusalem (but he himselfe laide siege against Lachish, and all his power with him) vnto Hezekiah king of Iudah, and vnto all Iudah that were at Ierusalem, saying;

1611 marginal noteHeb. dominion.

1611 marginal note2.King. 18.17.

Thus sayth Semacherib king of Assyria, Whereon doe ye trust, that yee abide in the siege in Ierusalem?

1611 marginal noteOr, in the strong hold.

And I will campe against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

And I will cause them to eate the flesh of their sonnes and the flesh of their daughters, and they shal eate euery one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitnesse, wherewith their enemies, and they that seeke their liues, shall straiten them.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.29. deu. 28.53. lam.4.10.

And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it: set the campe also against it, and set battering rammes against it round about.

1611 marginal noteOr, chiefe leaders.