the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. 2 Chron. xx, 29, 30. And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had beard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave Lim rest round about. P8. xxix, 11. The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. P8. xlvi, 8, 9. Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder, he burneth the chariot in the fire. Prov. xvi, 7. When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even bis enemies to be at peace with him. Judges vii, 24. And Gideon sent messen ers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jor dan. the name of the other Senen. The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. 1 Kings xv, 17. And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 2 Chron. xvi, 1. In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. GARRISONS. 2 Sam. vill, 14. And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons: and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. 1 Chron. xi, 16. And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem. 1 Chron. xvill, 6. Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whethersoever he went. 2 Chron. xvii, 2, 19. And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. These waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah 2 Sam. xviii, 24-27. And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and and behold a man running alone. lifted up his eyes, and looked, And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. And the watchman saw another man running, and the watchman called unto the porter, 1 Sam. xiv, 4, 5. And between and said, Behold another man the passages, by which Jonathan runing alone. And the king said, Bought to go over unto the Phili- He also bringeth tidings. And stines' garrison, there was a sharp the watchman said, Me thinketh rock on the one side, and a sharp the running of the foremost is rock on the other side: and the like the running of Ahimaaz the name of the one was Bozez, and | son of Zadok. And the king said, 1 Sam. xiii, 23. And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. 2 Kings ix, 17, 18. And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say. Is it peace? So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said,What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again, Cant. lll, 3. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? Cant. v, 7. The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me Isa. xxi, 6, 11, 12. For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night; if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. men upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, Isa. Ixil, 6, 7. I have set watchwhich shall never held their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence; And give him no rest, till he esta blish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth Ezek. xxxiii, 2--4. Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon the land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their Watchman: If when he seeth the blow the trumpet, and warn the sword come upon the land, he the sound of the trumpet, and people; Then whosoever heareth taketh not warning; if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. Hab. ii, 1. I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. SIEGE. Deut. xx, 10-15. When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it. And when the LORD thy God ha'h delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. Josh. vi, 10. And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shoul; then shall ye shout. 1 Sam. xiv, 12. And the men of the garrison answered Jouathan and his armour-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armour bearer, Come up after me; for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Is rael. 2 Sam. xi, 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. 2 Kings vi, 24, 25. And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 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. 1 Chr. xx, 1. And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children c Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. 2 Chr. xxxii, 1. After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judali, and camped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself have I seen also under the sun, MACHINERY. 2 Kings xix, 32. Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there. nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. Jer. vi, 6. For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. Jer. xxxil, 24. Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the band of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. Ezek. iv. 2. And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering-rams against it round about at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust and take it. SIEGES MENTIONED IN ABEL OF BETH-MAACHAH. AI. Josh. vii, 2. 3. And Joshna sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, un i spake unto them, saying. Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the pe ple to labour thither, for they are but few. Josh. viii, 1--8. And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayesi; take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy haud the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land. And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her klug: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves. Lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. So Ezek. xxvi, 7--10. For thus saith Joshua arose, and all the people the Lord GOD, Behold, I will bring of war, to go up against AI and upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king Joshua chose out thirty thousand of Babylon, a king of kings, from mighty men of valour, and sent the north, with horses, and with them away by night. And he charlots, and with horsemen, and commanded them, saying. Behold, companies, and much people. He ye shall lie in wait against the shall slay with the sword thy city, even behind the city; go not daughters in the field; and he very far from the city but be yeall shall make a fort against thee, ready: And I, and all the people and cast a mount against thee, that are with me, will approach and lift up the buckler against unto the city; and it shall come to thee. And he shall set engines of pass, when they come out against war against thy walls, and with us, as at the first, that we will flee his axes he shall break down thy before them, (For they will come towers. By reason of the abund-out after us,) till we have drawn ance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. Dan. xi, 15. So the king of the north shall come, and cast np a en-mount, and take the most fenced cities; and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. Eccles. ix, 13--16. This wisdom Hab. 1, 10. And they shall scoff them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. Then ye shall rise up troi the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. DEBIR Josh. x, 88, 39. And Joshua re Josh. x, 36, 37. And Joshua went up from Egion, and all israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein: he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utte ly, and all the souls that were therein. CITIES IN THE NORTH OF PALESTINE. 2 Kings xv. 29. In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and look jjon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria JADESH GILEAD. 1 Sam xi, 1. Then Nahash the Ammonite Came up. and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. JERICHO. Josh. vi, 1-3, 14 15, 20. Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the LORD said unto Joshua, See. I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early, about the dawning of the day, and compissed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. JERUSALEM. 2 Kings xxiv. 10, 11. At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jern-alem, and the city was besieged. And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besige it. 2 Kings xxv, 1, 2. And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. CITIES OF JUDAH. 2 Kings xviii, 13. Now, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria Come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. KEILAH. 1 Sam. xxiii, 8. And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. LACHISH. Josh. x, 81-33. And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnali. Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua sinote him and his people, until he had left bim none remaining. LIBNAH. Josh. x, 29, 30. Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnal: And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel, and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein: he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. MAKKEDAH. Josh. x, 28. And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof be utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. RABBAH. 2 Sam. xi, 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, und all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still ut Jerusalem. 2 Sam. xii, 26--29. And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. And David ga thered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. Sam. xxx, 1. 2. And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire; And had taken the women captives that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. RESULTS OF THE SIEGE. OVERTHROW AND SPOLIATION. Deut. xxviii, 52. And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land, and be shall besiege thee in all thy gates, throughout all the land which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Judges viii, 17. And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. 2 Kings xiv. 13. And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoush, the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 2 Chron xvi, 5, 6. And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it. that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was a building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 2 Chron. xxvi, 6. And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. Ps. lxxxix, 40. Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. Isa. xvii, 3. The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. Isa. XXV, 12. And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. Isa. xxvi, 5, 6. For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy. Jer. v, 10. Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S. Jer. xxxiii, 4. For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword. Jer. xlviii, 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. Jer. 11, 58. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire; and the people shll labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary Lam. 11, 2. 5. The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces; he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath in 782 creased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. Micah v, 11. And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds. Nahum iii. 12, 13. All thy strong holds shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. CONFLAGRATION. Num xxi, 28, For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. Num. xxxi, 10. And they burat all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. Deut. xlil, 16. And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the mist of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof, every whit, for the LORD thy God; and it shall be an heap for ever, it shall Lot be built again. Josh. viii. 28. And Joshua burut Al, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day. Josh. xi, 13. But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua bura Judges 1, 8. Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. Judges ix, 48. 49. And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an ax in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do make haste, and do as I have done. And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women Judges xviii, 27. And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. Judges xx, 48. And the men of Israel turned again upon the chil dren of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. 1 Sam. xxx, 1, 14. And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire; We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb: and we burnt Ziklag with fire. will send a fire into the house of Amos 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14. But I Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben hadad. saith the LORD. For three transThus gressions of Gaza, and for four. I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. But I will kindle a fire the wall of Rabbah, and it shall shouting in the day of battle, with devour the palaces thereof, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind. Isa. i, 7. Your country is deso-in late, your cities are burnt with fire: your land, strangers devour It in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. went forth, and all the people 2 Sam. xv, 17, 22. And the king after him, and tarried in a place to Ittai, Go and pass over. And that was far off. And David said Ittai the Gittite passed over and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. 2 Sam. xviii, 4. said unto them, What seemeth And the king you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds, and by thousands. Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king 2 Chr. xviii. 28. So the king of of Judah, went up to Ramothgllead. 2 Chr. xx, 16. To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the Jer. xxxiv, 22. Behold, I will fire upon Judah, and it shall de brook, before the wilderness of command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fre: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. Jer. xxxvii, 7, 8. Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me, Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their shall come again, and fight against And the Chaldeans this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. own land. Jer. xlviii, 45. They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sibon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. Ezek. xv, 7. And I will set my face against thein; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I Bet my face against them. Ezek. xxi. 81, 32. And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it. Ezek. xxiv, 9. Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD, Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. Amos ii, 5 But I will send a vour the palaces of Jerusalem. 8rd. MILITARY TACTIC. THE MARCH, ETC. goeth forth against thine enemies, children of Judah went down to Jud. ix, 36. 37. And when Gaal dred men appointed with their Jeruel. Isa. x, 28-32. He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages; They are gone over the lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; passage: they have taken up their voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause Gibeah of Saul is fled. Lift up thy it to be heard unto Laish, O poor the inhabitants of Gebim gather Anathoth. Madmenah is removed; themselves to flee. As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty ATTEMPTED MARCH OF ISRAEL pray thee, through thy country: Num. xx, 17-21. Let us pass, I we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's Gl-high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. And against thee with the sword. And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out Jud. xx, 14. But the children of city of Amalek, and laid wait in 2 Sam. ii, 12. And Abner the 2 Sam. v, 17. But when the Ezek. xxx, 8. And they shall ointed David king over Israel, all Philistines heard that they had anknow that I am the LORD, when I the Philistines came up to seek Dahave set a fire in Egypt, and when vid; and David heard of it, and all her helpers shall be destroyed. I went down to the hold. 733 him, We will go by the high way; the children of Israel said unte thy water, then I will pay for it: I and if I and my cattle drink of will only, without doing any thing else. go through on my feet. And And Edom came out against him he said,Thou shalt not go through with much people, and with a strong hand. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through |