41 occurrences in 13 translations

'Towns' in the Bible

And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, which he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsChariotsHorsesThousandsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

If there is no food in the land, if there is disease, if the fruits of the earth are damaged by heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers: whatever trouble or whatever disease there may be:

Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsMildewHelp In Shortage

During this time, he also rebuilt the towns that Hiram had restored to him, and he settled Israelis in them.

And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath;

And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;

Verse ConceptsFortificationsGates

And of Baalath, and all the store-towns which Solomon had, and the towns where he kept his war-carriages and his horse men, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsCavalry

Solomon had four thousand buildings for his horses and his war-carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsMangersAccumulatingCavalryFour ThousandEleven To Nineteen Thousand

But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.

Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.

Verse ConceptsFortified Cities

And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.

And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.

Verse ConceptsOilStoringThirty

And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.

And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.

He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.

Verse ConceptsCity

He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.

Verse ConceptsGatesTowersWallsprospering

And they overcame all the towns round Gerar, because the Lord sent fear on them; and they took away their goods from the towns, for there were stores of wealth in them.

Verse ConceptsVillagesTerror Of God

And Asa, hearing these words of Azariah, the son of Oded the prophet, took heart and put away all the disgusting things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the towns which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he made new again the altar of the Lord in front of the covered way of the Lord's house.

Verse ConceptsReformationBraveryThe Altar Of The LordDestruction Of Satan's WorksImmigrants

And Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim, and all the store-towns of Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsStoring

He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesCity

In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah;

They taught throughout Judah, having the book of the Lord’s instruction with them. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

Verse ConceptsBook of the LawBible

Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

Verse ConceptsCastlesThrift

and carried out great works in the towns of Judah. He had fighting men, brave warriors, in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMiddle Age

These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.

And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.

Verse ConceptsOrdinancesWarning

And their father gave them much silver and gold and things of great value, as well as walled towns in Judah; but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, because he was the oldest.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornGoldInheritance, MaterialBirthrights

And they went through Judah, getting together the Levites and the heads of families in Israel from all the towns of Judah, and they came to Jerusalem.

And getting together the priests and Levites, he said to them, Go out into the towns of Judah year by year, and get from all Israel money to keep the house of your God in good condition; and see that this is done without loss of time. The Levites, however, were slow in doing so.

Verse ConceptsCollectionsCareNeglectHaste

But the men of the band which Amaziah sent back and did not take with him to the fight, made attacks on the towns of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, putting to death three thousand of their people and taking away a great store of their goods.

Verse ConceptsThree Thousand And UpTwelve Beings

He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsWalls

In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsCastles

The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the towns thereof, and Timnah with the towns thereof, Gimzo also and the towns thereof: and they dwelt there.

Now when all this was over, all the men of Israel who were present went out into the towns of Judah, causing the stone pillars to be broken up and the wood pillars to be cut down, pulling down the high places and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, till all were gone. Then all the children of Israel went back to their towns, every man to his property.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionHigh PlacesLeaders, PoliticalReformationSacrifice, In OtStonesAnnihilationDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

And the children of Israel and Judah, who were living in the towns of Judah came with the tenth part of their oxen and sheep, and a tenth of all the holy things which were to be given to the Lord their God, and put them in great masses.

Verse ConceptsRemnantConsecration

And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah and Amariah and Shecaniah, in the towns of the priests, who were made responsible for giving it to all their brothers, by divisions, to small and great:

And as for the sons of Aaron, the priests, living in the country on the outskirts of their towns, every different town there were men, marked out by name, to give their part of the goods to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed among the Levites.

Now after these things and this true-hearted work, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came into Judah, and put his army in position before the walled towns of Judah, designing to make his way into them by force.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples Of

And he made towns for himself, and got together much property in flocks and herds: for God had given him great wealth.

Verse ConceptsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of Sin

After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.

Verse ConceptsCityBuilding Jerusalem's WallNamed Gatesreinforcement

And in all the towns of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon as far as Naphtali, he made waste their houses round about.

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