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Minor Prophets, Part 2: Babylonian Crisis

  1. Lesson One
    Nahum
    23 Activities
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    3 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    Zephaniah
    22 Activities
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    3 Assessments
  3. Lesson Three
    Habakkuk
    19 Activities
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    4 Assessments
  4. Lesson Four
    Joel and Josiah
    24 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  5. Lesson Five
    Interpreting Prophecy
    34 Activities
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    7 Assessments
  6. Course Wrap-up
    Course Completion
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    1 Assessment
Lesson 1, Activity 10

Behind | Siege Tactics

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Assyria’s tactic of laying siege to cities and damming up their water sources was an exceptionally cruel one. Only the most ruthless armies did this. 

What made this tactic so cruel? With water in short supply, whom do you think received available water in cities under siege?

Not the women and children, and especially not those who were isolated or disadvantaged, like widows or people with disabilities. Leaders and soldiers took any available water prioritizing themselves as defenders of the city. Those in combat often suffered violent deaths at the end of the ordeal, but the first to die would typically be the women, children and elderly. Sieges of this kind were full of barbarism and tragedy long before the walls were breached.