Fort
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Field fortifications
Deut 20:19, 20; 2 Kgs 25:1; Ezek 4:2; 17:17; 26:8
19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
Deuteronomy 20:1920 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
Deuteronomy 20:201 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
2 Kings 25:12 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
Ezekiel 4:217 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
Ezekiel 17:178 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
Ezekiel 26:8 -
Defenses of cities
2 Chr 26:15; Isa 25:12
15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
2 Chronicles 26:1512 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
Isaiah 25:12 - See Castles
- See Towers
- See Walls
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Erected in vineyards and herding grounds
2 Chr 26:10; Isa 5:2; Matt 21:33; Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9
10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
2 Chronicles 26:102 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Isaiah 5:233 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Matthew 21:331 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
Mark 12:19 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
Luke 20:9 -
Caves used for
Judg 6:2; 1 Sam 23:29; Isa 33:16
2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
Judges 6:229 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
1 Samuel 23:2916 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Isaiah 33:16 - Figurative
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Of God’s care
2 Sam 22:2, 3, 47; Ps 18:2; 31:3; 71:3; 91:2; 144:2; Prov 18:10; Nah 1:7
2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
2 Samuel 22:23 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:347 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
2 Samuel 22:472 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalms 18:23 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
Psalms 31:33 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Psalms 71:32 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalms 91:22 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Psalms 144:210 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Proverbs 18:107 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Nahum 1:7
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
