20 occurrences

'Fortress' in the Bible

David captured the fortress of Zion, the city of David.

Verse ConceptsCityZion, As A Placezion

David occupied the fortress and called it the city of David. And David built all around [it] from the Millo and {inward}.

Verse ConceptsFortressesCity Of DavidStrongholdsZion, As A PlaceFortsPeople Naming ThingsRebuilding Jerusalem

and came to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to the Negev of Judah at Beersheba.

Verse ConceptsFortresses

It happened that when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went to the citadel fortress of the house of the king, and he burnt the house of the king over him with fire so that he died.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsHope, Results Of Its AbsencePalacesSuicideBurning People

Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, so he attacked him in Samaria in the citadel fortress of [the] palace of the king, with Argob and Arieh. With him [also were] fifty men from the children of the Gileadites, and he killed him and became king in his place.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsConspiraciesOfficersPalacesFiftiesKilling KingsKings Of The Northern KingdomList Of Kings Of IsraelReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

And David lived in the fortress. Therefore they called it the city of David.

Verse ConceptsCityCastlesZion, As A Place

And from the Gadites, valiant mighty warriors, {soldiers fit for war}, expert with shield and spear, defected to David at the fortress toward the wilderness. And {they had faces like lions} [and were] swift as gazelles upon the mountains.

Verse ConceptsCommandereagernessWarriorsFast RunnersDeer

And some of the sons of Benjamin and [from] Judah came to the fortress, to David.

For you [are] my rock and my fortress. So, for the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Receiving God'sFor The Sake Of His NameGuidance And Strength

Be for me a rock of refuge to resort to always; you have ordained to save me, because you [are] my rock and my fortress.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsdefence, divineGod, The RockRefugeRocksGod Being Our RefugeProtection And Safety

my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and [one] in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples under me.

Verse ConceptsFortressesGod, The RockShieldsStrongholdsGod Being Our FortressGod My SalvationGod Shows His Lovingkindness

Be ashamed, Sidon, for [the] sea, the fortress of the sea said, saying, "I was not in labor, and I have not given birth, and I have not reared young men, brought up young women.

Verse ConceptsConfidence In God, Produces BoldnessBirth Not Being Possible

Wail, ships of Tarshish! For your fortress is destroyed

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsDestruction Of Strongholds

And thorns shall go up her citadel fortress, weeds and thistle plants in her fortresses; and it shall be [the] settlement of jackals, green grass for [the] daughters of an ostrich.

Verse ConceptsNettlesCitadelsThornsBramblesOstriches

Thus says Yahweh: 'Look, I [will] restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob, and I will have compassion on his dwellings, and [the] city will be rebuilt upon its mound, and [the] citadel fortress will stand on its rightful site.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfJacob, The PatriarchArchaeologyRebuilding JerusalemEzekiel InvasionRebirth Of IsraelLand Permanently Restored To Israelrebuilding

"But his sons will wage war and they will gather a multitude of great forces and {he will advance with great force}, and he will overflow [like a flood] and he will pass through and he will return, and they will wage war up to his fortress.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsReadiness

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