5315 fortifications
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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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.

City fortifications

Fortified cities

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

Walled cities

Joshua 6:5 See also Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 9:1; Joshua 6:20; 1 Samuel 31:10,12; 1 Kings 3:1; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:8,17; Jeremiah 49:27; Jeremiah 51:44; Ezekiel 26:4

Fortification systems

Garrisons

2 Samuel 8:6 See also 2 Samuel 8:14; Samuel 23:14; 1 Chronicles 11:16; 1 C 6,13; 2 Chronicles 1:14; Corinthians 8:6; Corinthians 9:25; 2 C 2

Towers

2 Chronicles 26:10 See also Judges 9:46,50-52; 2 Kings 9:17; 2 Chronicles 27:4

Regional outposts

1 Kings 9:17-19 pp 2 Chronicles 8:3-6 See also 1 Samuel 22:4; Samuel 23:14; 2 Samuel 5:17; Samuel 23:14; 2 Chronicles 1:14; Corinthians 9:25; 2 C 2; 2 C 3-4

Peoples at risk without fortifications

Ezekiel 38:11 See also Jeremiah 49:31

God and fortresses

God as a fortress for his people

Psalm 18:2 pp 2 Samuel 22:2-3 See also Psalm 9:9; Psalm 37:39; Psalm 46:1; Psalm 61:3; Psalm 71:3; Psalm 73:28; Psalm 91:2,9-10; Proverbs 14:26

God warns against trusting in human fortifications

Deuteronomy 28:52 See also Isaiah 2:12-18; Jeremiah 5:17; Hosea 8:14; Joel 2:7-9; Zephaniah 1:14-16

God's judgment against fortresses

Amos 5:9-10 See also Isaiah 17:3; Isaiah 25:2,12; Lamentations 2:2; Hosea 10:14; Amos 1:3-2:5; Micah 5:11

See also

5254  citadel
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



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