Ecclesiastes 9:14

A Conservative Version

There was a little city, and few men within it. And there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:24

And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

Luke 19:43

Because the days will come upon thee, and thine enemies will build a barricade around thee, and will surround thee, and enclose thee on every side.

Deuteronomy 20:20

Only the trees of which thou know that they are not trees for food, thou shall destroy and cut them down. And thou shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with thee, until it falls.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

I have also seen wisdom under the sun this way, and it seemed great to me: