Thematic Bible: Places used as
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Fortresses » Places used as » Strong-holds
The [powerful] hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens (hideouts) which were in the mountains, and the caves and the [mountain] strongholds.
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He strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, [olive] oil, and wine.
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Fortresses » Places used as » Forts
The high fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.
So David lived in the stronghold and called it the City of David. And he built all around [the surrounding area] from the Millo [fortification] and inward.
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Fortresses » Places used as » Cities
He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the heaps of dust and rubbish, even the ones that have been burned?”
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He sent messengers to Abimelech secretly, saying, “Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his relatives have come to Shechem; and they are stirring up the city against you.
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Fortresses » Places used as » Strong towers
Uzziah also built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and at the corner buttress [of the wall], and fortified them.
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Prisons » Places used as » Prisoner's own house, where he was kept bound to a soldier
When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself [in rented quarters] with the soldier who was guarding him.
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May the Lord grant [His] mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, for he often showed me kindness and ministered to my needs [comforting and reviving and bracing me like fresh air]! He was not ashamed of my chains and imprisonment [for Christ's sake]. No, rather when he reached Rome, he searched diligently and eagerly for me and found me. May the Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord on that [great] day! And you know how many things he did for me and what a help he was at Ephesus [you know better than I can tell you].
And Paul lived there for two full years [at his own expense] in his own rented lodging and welcomed all who came to him,
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Prisons » Places used as » House of the king's scribe
The princes were enraged with Jeremiah and beat him and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe—for they had made that the prison.
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Prisons » Places used as » Court of the king's house
Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah.
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Prisons » Places used as » House of the captain of the guard
He put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.
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