Bible Encyclopedia: Earthworks

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The Last Days of the Old Eastern World
... for two months in these solitudes between the Ister and the Tanais; he had constructed
on the banks of this latter river a series of earthworks, the remains of ...
/.../chapter iithe last days of 2.htm

I Know that My Redeemer Liveth
... have said""Bury my dead out of my sight." The body is borne upon the bier and consigned
to the silent earth; it is surrounded by the earthworks of death. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/i know that my redeemer.htm

Christ's Question to Each
... The shells that were hurled against the earthworks of Sebastopol broke away the
front surface of the mounds, and then the rubbish protected the fortifications ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/christs question to each.htm

Visit to Cities in the North-West and to Kumaon --Visit to England ...
... The earthworks hastily raised for temporary shelter still remained. We were reminded
at every mile of the fierce resistance our soldiers had to encounter. ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xix visit to cities.htm

Our Strong City
... operation of His hand keeping us safe at every moment, we shall not ask that these
defences shall be supplemented by the poor feeble earthworks that sense can ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/our strong city.htm

Providence
... Consider those tens of thousands of men, labouring day and night for months at those
deadly earthworks, whose strong arms might have been all tilling God's ...
/.../kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon xiii providence.htm

Introduction
... western extremity of the land of Goshen, and the Egyptian "kings found themselves
cut off in the midst of their cities, and surrounded by earthworks, for they ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/introduction.htm

Sennacherib (705-681 BC )
... The work of destruction accomplished, the Rabshakeh brought up all his forces and
threw up a complete circle of earthworks round Jerusalem: Hezekiah found ...
/.../chapter isennacherib 705-681 b c.htm

Down the Islands
... Convention had named her, was swarming with fresh English; and the remaining French
and the drilled made a desperate stand in the earthworks of yonder ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter ii down the islands.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... Sometimes, however, the inhabitants when constructing their defences did not confine
themselves to this rudimentary plan, but threw up earthworks round the ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

Thesaurus

Earthworks (10 Occurrences)
...Earthworks (10 Occurrences). ... (BBE). Isaiah 29:3 And I will make war on you like David,
and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you. ...
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Siege (63 Occurrences)
... In the Monarchy 3. Preliminaries to Siege 4. Siege Operations: Attack (1) Investment
of City (2) Line of Circumvallation (3) Mound, or Earthworks (4) Battering ...
/s/siege.htm - 51k

Earthwork (7 Occurrences)

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Well-armed (1 Occurrence)
... Daniel 11:15 So the king of the north will come, and put up earthworks and take
a well-armed town: and the forces of the king of the south will make an attempt ...
/w/well-armed.htm - 6k

Investing (1 Occurrence)
... Luke 19:43 For the time is coming upon thee when thy foes will throw up around thee
earthworks and a wall, investing thee and hemming thee in on every side. ...
/i/investing.htm - 6k

Foes (95 Occurrences)
... Luke 19:43 For the time is coming upon thee when thy foes will throw up around thee
earthworks and a wall, investing thee and hemming thee in on every side. ...
/f/foes.htm - 30k

Engines (4 Occurrences)
... the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for destruction, to send up the war-cry, to
put engines of war against the doors, lifting up earthworks, building walls. ...
/e/engines.htm - 8k

Earthy (3 Occurrences)

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Besiege (17 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Isaiah 29:3 And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut
in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you. (See RSV). ...
/b/besiege.htm - 12k

Bible Concordance

Earthworks (10 Occurrences)

Luke 19:43 For the time is coming upon thee when thy foes will throw up around thee earthworks and a wall, investing thee and hemming thee in on every side.
(WEY)

2 Kings 25:1 Now in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem with all his army and took up his position before it, building earthworks all round the town.
(BBE)

Isaiah 29:3 And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 32:24 See, they have made earthworks against the town to take it; and the town is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword and need of food and disease: and what you have said has taken place, and truly you see it.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 33:4 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said about the houses of this town and the houses of the kings of Judah, which have been broken down to make earthworks and ...;
(BBE)

Jeremiah 52:4 And in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem with all his army and took up his position before it, building earthworks all round it.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 17:17 And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives:
(BBE)

Ezekiel 21:22 At his right hand was the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for destruction, to send up the war-cry, to put engines of war against the doors, lifting up earthworks, building walls.
(BBE)

Daniel 11:15 So the king of the north will come, and put up earthworks and take a well-armed town: and the forces of the king of the south will make an attempt to keep their position, even the best of his army, but they will not have strength to do so.
(BBE)

Habakkuk 1:10 He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Earthworks

Related Terms

Siege (63 Occurrences)

Earthwork (7 Occurrences)

Well-armed (1 Occurrence)

Investing (1 Occurrence)

Foes (95 Occurrences)

Engines (4 Occurrences)

Earthy (3 Occurrences)

Besiege (17 Occurrences)

Towers (38 Occurrences)