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 hath 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 shout; then shall ye shout. 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'a 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 Rabbal, and destroyed it. 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 hand 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 cast a mount against it; set the it, and build a fort against it, and 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 head dust and take it. SIEGES MENTIONED IN ABEL OF BETH-MAACHAH. AI. Josh. vil, 2, 3. And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed AL. And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up, but men go up and smite Ai; and let about two or three thousand make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. Josh. vill, 1--8. And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed; take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land. And thou shalt do unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle to Ai and her king as thou didst thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves. Lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. So Ezek. xxvl, 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 chariots, 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 ye all and cast a mount against thee, that are with me, will approach shall make a fort against thee, ready: And I, and all the people 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. 2 Chr. xxxii, 1. After these things, and the establishment thereof, Dan. xi, 15. So the king of the Sennacherib king of Assyria came, north shall come, and cast up a and entered into Judali, and en-mount, and take the most fenced camped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself Eccles. ix, 13--16. This wisdom cities; and the arms of the south Hab. i, 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 trom 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, 89. And Joshua re turned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it; And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof, as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. EGLON. unto Nahash, Make a covenant JERICHO. Josh. vi, 1-3, 14, 15, 20. Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and noue 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 Josh. x, 34, 35. And from La-city once. Thus shalt thou do six chish Joshua passed unto Eglon, days. And the second day they and all Israel with him; and they compassed the city once, and reencamped against it, and fought turned into the camp: so they did against it: and they took it on six days. And it came to pass on that day, and smote it with the the seventh day, that they rose edge of the sword; and all the early, about the dawning of the souls that were therein be utterly day, and compassed the city after destroyed that day, according to the same manner seven times: all that he had done to Lachish. 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. GATII. 2 Kings xii, 17. Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem GIBBETHON. 1 Kings xvi, 15. In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. HAMATH-ZOBAH. 2 Chron. viii, 3. And Solomon Went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. HEBRON. 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; bat destroyed it utterly, 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 took Ijon, 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 JABESHI-GILEAD. 1 Sam. xi, 1. Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said JERUSALEM. | 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 Libnah. Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. LIBNAH. Josh. x, 29, 30. Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 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 he 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 Kings xxiv, 10, 11. At that 2 Sam. xi, 1. And it came to time the servants of Nebuchad-pass, after the year was expired, nezzar king of Babylon came up at the time when kings go forth against Jerusalem, and the city to battle, that David sent Joab, and was besieged. And Nebuchad- his servants with him, and all nezzar king of Babylon came Israel; and they destroyed the against the city, and his servants children of Ammon, and besieged did besige it. Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. 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 come up against all the fenced did Sennacherib king of Assyria 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, 31-33. And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: And the LORD delivered 2 Sam. xii, 26--29. And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. And Joab sent mes sengers 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 gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbal, and fought against it, and took it. RAMOTH-GILEAD. 1 Kings xxii, 29. So the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth Gilead. SAMARIA. 1 Kings xx, 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. 2 Kings vi, 24. And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 2 Kings xvii, 5. Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. SHECHEM. Judges Ix, 34. 35. And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with tim, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. TIRZAH. 1 Kings xvi, 17. And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. THEBEZ. Judges 1x 50. Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. ZIKLAG. Sam. xxx, i. 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 burut it with fire; And had taken the women captives that were therein: they slew not any, either greater 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 he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, throughout all the land which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Judges vill, 17. And he beat down the tower of Fenuel, and slew the men of the city. 2 Kings xiv. 13. And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehosh, the son of Abaziah, 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 Raniah. and let his work cease. Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramali, 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. 18a. 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 bat tlements; for they are not the LORD'S. Jer. xxxiil, 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. that dost inhabit Dibon, come Jer. xlviii, 18. Thou daughter 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 Baby lon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary Lam. ii, 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 | creased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. the cities of thy land, and throw Micah v, 11. And I will cut off 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 the mouth of the eater. Behold, shaken, they shall even fall into 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 ont of Heslibon, 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 burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. Deut. xill, 16. And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst 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 not be built again. Josh. viii, 28. And Joshua burut Ai, 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 burn. 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. lech gat him up to mount Zalmon, Judges ix, 48, 49. And Abimehe 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 siid 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 thou sand men and women Judges xviil, 27. And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a peoplə that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and barnt 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. 2 Sam. xv, 17, 22. And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittal the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. 2 Sam. xviii. 4. And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds, and by thousands. Amos 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14. But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the Thus palices of Ben - hadad. saith the LORD, For three transgressions 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 in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirl-down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Isa. 1, 7. Your country is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is deso-wind. late, as overthrown by strangers. Jer. xxxiv, 22. Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, an 1 take it, and burn it with fire: 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 own land. And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. 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 Silion, 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 them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. Ezek. xxi, 31, 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. Ezek. xxx, 8. And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. I Amos ii, 5. But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. 3rd. MILITARY TACTIC. THE MARCH, ETC. Deut. xxiil, 9. When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. Jud. 1, 9. And afterward the Jud. ix, 36, 37. And when Gaal Jud. xviii, 16. And the six hun- 2 Chr. xviii 29. So the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, went up to Ramothgilead. 2 Chr. xx. 16. To-morrow go ye Jeruel Isa. x, 28-32. IIe is come to Alath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his Carriages; They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. Lift up thy voice. O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard unto Laish. O poor Anathoth. Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather 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. Hab i, 6. For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs. ATTEMPTED MARCH OF ISRAEL Num. xx, 17-21. Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither Jud. xx, 14. But the children of will we drink of the water of the Benjamin gathered themselves to- wells: we will go by the king's gether out of the cities unto GI-high way, we will not turn to the beah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. 1 Sam. xv, 5. And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 2 Sam. il, 12. And Abner the 2 Sam. v, 17. But when the we have passed thy borders. And right hand nor to the left, until Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. And the children of Israel said unte him, We will go by the high way; and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else. go through on my feet. And he said,Thou shalt not go through And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through hisborder: wherefore Israel turned | ed against them, and destroyed away from him. Num. xxi, 21-23. And Israel gent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high-way, until we be past thy borders. And Sibon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border, but Sibon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. Judges xi, 16-20. But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, Baying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not consent: and Israel Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab; and came by the cast side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab. And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon: and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place. abode in Kadesh. But Shon trusted not israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. DEVASTATION PRODUCED BY THE MARCH OF AN ENEMY. Num. xxii, 4. And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. Deut. xxvii, 51. And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. Judges vi, 3-6. And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; And they encamp came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. Josh. xi, 7. So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell the increase of the earth, till thou LORD. 2 Kings III, 18, 19, 25. And this Is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof how belt the slingers went about it, and smote it. Jer. iv, 20. Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. Jer. xxv, 37, 38. And the peaceable habitations are cut down, because of the fierce anger of the LORD. He hath forsaken bis covert, as the llou: for their land is desolate because of the fierce ness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. Jer. 1, 12. Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. Jer. 11, 43. Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby Micah ii, 4. In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamen tation, and say, We be utterly spoiled; he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. SUDDEN ATTACK. Gen. xiv. 15. And he divided himself against them, he and bis servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. Josh. x, 9. Joshua therefore Judges vill, 11. And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure. Judges ix, 31-33, 42-44. And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed, and his brethren, be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee. Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field; And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, then he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. 2 Sam. ii, 29, 32. And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre lehem: and Joab and his men of his father, which was in Bethwent all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. 2 Sam. xvii, 22. Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. 2 Kings iii, 22, 23. And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therofore, Moab, to the spoil. AMBUSHES. Josh.viii 9-17,19-22. Joshua therefore sent them forth; and they went |