Thematic Bible: Places used as


Thematic Bible



The Midianites overwhelmed Israel. Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds. Verse ConceptsCavesPower, HumanSelf DefenceStrength, HumanStrongholdsFortsDensEscaping To MountainsPeople In CavesCaves As Places Of Refuge

He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine. Verse ConceptsOilStoringThirty

The fortified city (along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground. Verse ConceptsStrongholdsFortsPutting Things Downdust

So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards. Verse ConceptsFortressesCity Of DavidStrongholdsZion, As A PlaceFortsPeople Naming ThingsRebuilding Jerusalem

and in the presence of his colleagues and the army of Samaria he said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?" Verse ConceptsJudaismCharacter Of WickedFeeblenessAnti semitismShort Time For Action

He sent messengers to Abimelech, who was in Arumah, reporting, "Beware! Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers are coming to Shechem and inciting the city to rebel against you. Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutThose Who Deceived

Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle. Verse ConceptsFarmersTowersNamed GatesSportsreinforcement

When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him. Verse ConceptsArrestingempiresGuardsHousesIsolated Persons

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment. But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me. May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.

Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him, Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods

The officials were very angry at Jeremiah. They had him flogged and put in prison in the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary, which they had converted into a place for confining prisoners. Verse ConceptsArrestingCruelty, examples ofFloggingAnger, HumanHousesImprisonmentsPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects Ofjail

Now at that time, the armies of the king of Babylon were besieging Jerusalem. The prophet Jeremiah was confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse attached to the royal palace of Judah. Verse ConceptsCourtyardPrisonersActual Attacks On Jerusalem

so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPrisons

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