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When the men of Israel heard this, they threw themselves on the enemy and pursued them as far as Choba. Even those from Jerusalem came, as well as those from all the mountainous region, because they were told what had happened in the camp of their enemies. Those from Gilead and from Galilee caught them on the flank and struck great blows against them until they reached Damascus and its surrounding territory. (Judith 15, 5)
Veiled with darkness surrounding him, he made misty rain clouds his tent. (Psalms 18, 12)
He plundered the city, burning and destroying the palaces and the surrounding walls. (1 Maccabees 1, 31)
They saw the camp of the pagans with its strong fortifications and the calvary surrounding it - all trained men in war. (1 Maccabees 4, 7)
The king went up to Mount Zion and when he saw the defenses, he broke his oath and ordered the surrounding wall to be demolished. (1 Maccabees 6, 62)
But Jonathan set fire to Azotus and the surrounding towns, and plundered them. He also burned down the temple of Dagon with all who had taken refuge in it. (1 Maccabees 10, 84)
When Timotheus learned that Judas was approaching, he sent the women and children away with a good deal of the baggage to a fortress called Carnaim which was in an impregnable place and difficult to reach because of the narrow approaches surrounding it. (2 Maccabees 12, 21)
He laid the foundations for the high double wall and for the fortifications surrounding the Temple. (Ecclesiasticus 50, 2)
I am calling all the kingdoms of the north - it is Yahweh who speaks. Each of them will come and encamp at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem; against all its surrounding walls and against all the cities of Judah. (Jeremiah 1, 15)
"Listen to the word of Yahweh, God of Israel: I am about to bring on this city and the towns surrounding the disaster that I have already foretold, because they are a stiff-necked people and will not listen to me." (Jeremiah 19, 15)
I will summon all the clans of the north - it is Yahweh who speaks - and my steward Nebuchadnezzar will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy these people, making them desolate, an object of ridicule, an everlasting ruins. (Jeremiah 25, 9)
When the city was opened by a breach in the wall the Judean army fled. They left the city by night through the gate between the two walls near the king's garden. While the Chaldeans were still surrounding the city they fled towards the Arabah. (Jeremiah 52, 7)