For the Jews the situation looked gloomy. There were Samaritans in the north, Ammonites in the east, Arabs in the south, and Ashdodites in the west.
जेरुसलेमला चहुकडून वेढा पडला होता; बांधकाम करणाऱ्‍यांना पळ काढण्याचा कोणताच मार्ग उरला नव्हता!