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Time was, in the hundred and sixty-ninth year, when Demetrius was a-reigning, we ourselves were writing to you in the midst of suffering and alarms. Much had we to undergo, when Jason would betray his own country, his own people; (2 Maccabees 1, 7)
Stung by these taunts, twenty warriors of Machabaeus’ company made a bold attack on the wall as the fifth day was dawning, and, by the fierceness of their onslaught, made shift to climb it; (2 Maccabees 10, 35)
The hasty blow missed its aim; and now, with a rabble of men pouring in through the doors he made gallantly for the outer wall, and never hesitated to cast himself down, there in the heart of the crowd. (2 Maccabees 14, 43)
Such was the history of Nicanor; and since that time the city has been in Jewish possession. Here, then, I will make an end of writing; (2 Maccabees 15, 38)
this way and that her maidens are dispatched, to city keep and city wall, bidding her guests make haste. (Proverbs 9, 3)
What citadel has the rich man? His own possessions; he seems shut in by a wall impregnable; (Proverbs 18, 11)
Nettles were everywhere, briers had covered the ground, the stone wall was ruinous. (Proverbs 24, 31)
Let these, my son, be all the wisdom thou cravest; this writing of books is an endless matter, and from overmuch study nature rebels. (Ecclesiastes 12, 12)
Gazelle nor fawn was ever so fleet of foot as my heart’s love. And now he is standing on the other side of this very wall; now he is looking in through each window in turn, peering through every chink. (Song of Solomon 2, 9)
still hiding thyself as a dove hides in cleft rock or crannied wall. Shew me but thy face, let me but hear thy voice, that voice sweet as thy face is fair. (Song of Solomon 2, 14)
Steadfast as a wall if she be, that wall shall be crowned with silver; yield she as a door yields, we have cedar boards to fasten her. (Song of Solomon 8, 9)
And I, I am a wall; impregnable this breast as a fortress; and the man who claimed me found in me a bringer of content. (Song of Solomon 8, 10)