Structures erected as part of a defence policy. Fortifications protected the inhabitants and their possessions, and also guarded the trade routes. Scripture sees God as the secure fortification of his people in times of danger.

Numbers 13:28

City fortifications

See also

Fortified cities

Numbers 32:17
Deuteronomy 3:4-5; 28:52
Joshua 14:12; 19:35-38
2 Kings 18:13
2 Chronicles 8:5; 11:5-12,23
Nehemiah 9:25
Isaiah 36:1
Jeremiah 4:5; 34:7
Ezekiel 21:20
Zephaniah 1:16
Joshua 6:5

See also

Walled cities

Deuteronomy 1:28; 9:1
Joshua 6:20
1 Samuel 31:10,12
1 Kings 3:1
2 Chronicles 36:19
Nehemiah 1:3; 2:8,17
Jeremiah 49:27; 51:44
Ezekiel 26:4
2 Samuel 8:6

Fortification systems

See also

Garrisons

2 Samuel 8:14; 23:14
1 Chronicles 11:16; 18:6,13
2 Chronicles 1:14; 8:6; 9:25; 17:2
2 Chronicles 26:10

See also

Towers

Judges 9:46,50-52
2 Kings 9:17
2 Chronicles 27:4
1 Kings 9:17-19

Regional outposts

See also

1 Samuel 22:4; 23:14

pp 2Ch 8:3-6

2 Samuel 5:17; 23:14
2 Chronicles 1:14; 9:25; 17:2; 27:3-4
Ezekiel 38:11

Peoples at risk without fortifications

See also

Jeremiah 49:31
Psalms 18:2

God and fortresses

God as a fortress for his people

See also

Psalms 9:9; 37:39; 46:1; 61:3; 71:3; 73:28; 91:2,9-10

pp 2Sa 22:2-3

Proverbs 14:26
Deuteronomy 28:52

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God warns against trusting in human fortifications

Isaiah 2:12-18
Jeremiah 5:17
Hosea 8:14
Joel 2:7-9
Zephaniah 1:14-16
Amos 5:9-10

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God's judgment against fortresses

Isaiah 17:3; 25:2,12
Lamentations 2:2
Hosea 10:14
Amos 1:3-2:5
Micah 5:11

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5255 citizenship
5256 city
5291 defence
5316 fortress
5323 gate
5437 palaces
5454 power, God's saving
5480 protection
5490 refuge
5529 sieges
5585 towers
5604 walls