12 Bible Verses about Citadels
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March around Zion; encircle her; count her towers. Take note of her ramparts; investigate her citadels; that you may speak about them to the next generation.
Meanwhile, Joab attacked the Ammonite city of Rabbah and captured its stronghold.
When Zimri observed that the city had been captured, he retreated into the king's palace, set fire to the citadel, and died when the palace burned down around him
Then Remaliah's son Pekah, Pekahiah's officer, conspired against him with Argob and Arieh. Accompanied by 50 Gileadite men, Pekah attacked Pekahiah inside the palace of the king's compound in Samaria, executed him, and reigned as king in his place.
In this document, I, Hacaliah's son Nehemiah, recount what occurred during the twentieth year of Artaxerxes. In the month of Chislev, while I was in Shushan at the palace, Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with some men from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, about those who had survived the Babylonian captivity, and about Jerusalem.
along with a letter to Asaph, the royal Commissioner of Forests, so that he will supply me with timber to craft beams for the gatehouses of the Temple, for the city walls, and for the house in which I will be living."
I appointed my brother Hanani and fortress commander Hananiah to be over Jerusalem, since he was a faithful person who revered God more than many others did.
Great is the LORD! For he is to be praised greatly, even in the city of our God, his holy mountain. Beautifully situated, the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion towards the north, the city of the great King. Within her citadels God is known as a place of refuge.
Thorns will grow over its palaces, nettles and brambles its fortresses. It will become a haunt for jackals, a home for ostriches.
As I observed the vision, I looked around the citadel of Susa in Elam Province. While I watched, I found myself beside the Ulai Canal.
An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and his disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
