Fortresses: Places Used as Cities

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Judges 9:31
And he sent messengers to Abimelech privately, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against you.
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Nehemiah 4:2
And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
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Asa's Reformation, and Consequent Peace and victory
... our narrative in stating that the 'high places' were not ... And he used the time of
repose to strengthen ... give leisure for building not only fortresses, but temples ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture g/asas reformation and consequent peace.htm

Cestius Sends Ambassadors to Nero. The People of Damascus Slay ...
... Galilee; the same he did to the places of Upper ... the building of the rest of the
fortresses, he labored ... they would abstain from the crimes they used to indulge ...
/.../chapter 9 cestius sends ambassadors.htm

How Alexandra by Gaining the Good-Will of the Pharisees, Retained ...
... manifest what were his sentiments, and used many reproachful ... his servants, and went
to the fortresses, wherein his ... the second place, and all the places, for as ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 16 how alexandra by.htm

In Palestine - Jews and Gentiles in the Land' - their Mutual ...
... by foreign mercenaries, and reared fortresses around his ... Its wood was polluted; if
used in baking ... in building basilicas, nor stadia, nor places where judicial ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter vii in palestine -.htm

Political Religion
... In Beth-el the priests of the high places which he ... Two fortresses, one in the heart
of his kingdom, one on ... In England, Jeroboam and his calves used to be the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/political religion.htm

The Honors that were Paid the Jews; and the Leagues that were Made ...
... the ethnarch, and the Jews, retain those places, countries, and ... there, and informed
me that you used the Jews ... of the Romans; and that the fortresses, and the ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 the honors that.htm

Severinus in Germany.
... From many places the tenth of the harvest, to the ... name of the Lord be praised." He
used to remind ... by providing them with shelter in his cities and fortresses. ...
/.../neander/light in the dark places/severinus in germany.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... the first time among Syrian places in the ... suitable for the construction of fortresses
hardly ever ... conventional representation, and was sometimes used to denote ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

King Herod's Enrollment
... He built many fortresses and many cities of the Graeco ... was being built, only the
priests were used in constructing ... Lewin, Fasti Sacri, p.109, places it in 7 BC. ...
/.../ramsay/was christ born in bethlehem/chapter 9 king herods enrollment.htm

How Herod Slew Sohemus and Mariamne and Afterward Alexandra and ...
... but be laid in prison in one of the fortresses belonging to ... he forced himself to
go into desert places, and there ... and for the remedies that were used, they did ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 how herod slew.htm

Subtopics

Fortresses

Fortresses: Afforded Protection in Danger

Fortresses: Christ, the Defence of Saints

Fortresses: Defended Against Enemies

Fortresses: God's Protection

Fortresses: Often: Deserted

Fortresses: Often: Destruction of, Threatened

Fortresses: Often: Entered by the Enemy

Fortresses: Often: Levelled

Fortresses: Often: Spoiled

Fortresses: Places Fortified by Art