Löydetty 121 Tulokset: Walls
So Simon assembled all the men able to fight and hastened to finish building the walls of Jerusalem, which was fortified on all sides. (1 Maccabees 13, 10)
Now Simon rebuilt the fortresses of Judea, surrounded them with high towers and great walls with barred gates, and stored food in them. (1 Maccabees 13, 33)
The inhabitants with their wives and children went up on the walls, tore their garments, cried out in a loud voice to Simon and sought peace. (1 Maccabees 13, 45)
He settled Jewish soldiers in it and fortified it for the security of the region and the city, and built the walls of Jerusalem higher. (1 Maccabees 14, 37)
The rest of the deeds of John, his battles, his exploits, the walls he built and all his other achievements (1 Maccabees 16, 23)
The women, girded with sackcloth below their breasts, thronged into the streets. The younger girls who were not yet allowed to go out into the streets ran to the doorways, and some climbed the walls and others looked out from the windows. (2 Maccabees 3, 19)
As a false rumor spread that Antiochus had died, Jason gathered together about ten thousand men and launched a surprise attack on the city. The troops upon the walls defended the city, but once these were taken, the whole city fell into the hands of Jason, while Menelaus took refuge in the Citadel. (2 Maccabees 5, 5)
Others took advantage of this diversion to climb the walls and set fire to the towers. They made bonfires and burned the blasphemers alive. Others destroyed the gates while the rest of the army entered to occupy the city. (2 Maccabees 10, 36)
So with one voice, everyone blessed the merciful God. They were strengthened and prepared not only to face men in battle but even the most savage beasts and walls of iron. (2 Maccabees 11, 9)
Judas attacked a city strongly fortified with ditches and walls. The city was called Caspin. People of every race lived there. (2 Maccabees 12, 13)
The besieged, confident in the strength of their walls and because they had their storehouses full of provisions, underestimated the men of Judas and behaved most insolently toward them. They also shouted insults, blasphemies and sacrilegious words at them. (2 Maccabees 12, 14)
The men of Judas called on the great Sovereign of the world who had demolished the walls of Jericho without engines of war during the time of Joshua, and then rushed furiously upon the walls. (2 Maccabees 12, 15)