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Lay siege against it, build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it. Also set camps against it and plant battering rams against it all around.
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Verse 2. Cast up. The ditch would be about three feet deep, and the earth being thrown up, people might approach the town with less danger. Worthington.—The besieged were thus also prevented from going out. 4 Kennicott. 25:1. Forts or towers were erected to overlook and clear the walls.—Rams. This is the first time we find them mentioned. Homer is silent about them; ( Calmet.) and the ancient sieges lasted so long, because people had not found out the art of demolishing the walls. Diod. ii.
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