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Moreover they slew above twenty thousand of them that were with Timotheus and Bacchides who fought them, and they made themselves masters of the high strong holds: and they divided amongst them many spoils, giving equal portions to the feeble, the fatherless and the widows, yea and the aged also. (2 Maccabees 8, 30)
Then they that were with Machabeus, beseeching the Lord by prayers to be their helper, made a strong attack upon the strong holds of the Idumeans: (2 Maccabees 10, 16)
And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege, (2 Maccabees 10, 18)
But Timotheus fled into Gazara a strong hold, where Chereas was governor. (2 Maccabees 10, 32)
But when Machabeus and they that were with him, understood that the strong holds were besieged, they and all the people besought the Lord with lamentations and tears, that he would send a good angel to save Israel. (2 Maccabees 11, 6)
He also laid siege to a certain strong city, encompassed with bridges and walls, and inhabited by multitudes of different nations, the name of which is Casphin. (2 Maccabees 12, 13)
But as for Timotheus, they found him not in those places, for before he had dispatched any thing he went back, having left a very strong garrison in a certain hold : (2 Maccabees 12, 18)
And after he had put to flight and destroyed these, he removed his army to Ephron, a strong city, wherein there dwelt a multitude of divers nations: and stout young men standing upon the walls made a vigorous resistance: and in this place there were many engines of war, and a provision of darts. (2 Maccabees 12, 27)
taste of the hardiness of the Jews, attempted to take the strong places by policy: (2 Maccabees 13, 8)
And he marched with his army to Bethsura, which was a strong hold of the Jews: but he was repulsed, he failed, he rest his men. (2 Maccabees 13, 19)
A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches. (Proverbs 11, 16)
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds. (Proverbs 12, 11)
