Found 148 Results for: Fortified Cities

• He then made his way down to the coast with his army and stationed garrisons in all the fortified towns, levying outstanding men there as auxiliaries. (Judith 3, 6)

• The people of these cities and of all the other towns in the neighbourhood welcomed him, wearing garlands and dancing to the sound of tambourines. (Judith 3, 7)

• They occupied the summits of the highest mountains and fortified the villages on them; they laid in supplies for the coming war, as the fields had just been harvested. (Judith 4, 5)

• Holofernes, general-in-chief of the Assyrian army, received the intelligence that the Israelites were preparing for war, that they had closed the mountain passes, fortified all the high peaks and laid obstructions in the plains. (Judith 5, 1)

• This is why Jewish country people, those who live in undefended villages, keep the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of gladness, feasting and holiday-making, and the exchanging of presents with one another, (a) whereas for those who live in cities the day of rejoicing and exchanging presents with their neighbours is the fifteenth day of Adar. (Esther 9, 19)

• the enemy is wiped out -- mere ruins for ever -- you have annihilated their cities, their memory has perished. See, (Psalms 9, 6)

• turn your ear to me, make haste. Be for me a rock-fastness, a fortified citadel to save me. (Psalms 31, 2)

• Blessed be Yahweh who works for me miracles of his faithful love (in a fortified city)! (Psalms 31, 21)

• Who will lead me against a fortified city, who will guide me into Edom, (Psalms 60, 9)

• For God will save Zion, and rebuild the cities of Judah, and people will live there on their own land; (Psalms 69, 35)

• Who will lead me against a fortified city, who will guide me into Edom, (Psalms 108, 10)

• The fortified cities of Egypt were captured, and Antiochus plundered the country. (1 Maccabees 1, 19)