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:
And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
For the days shall come upon you, that your enemies shall cast a bank about you, and surround you, and hem you in on every side,
Only the trees which you know will not be trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it is subdued.