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After this came Jonathan home again, and calling the elders of the people together, he consulted with them about building strong holds in Judea, (1 Maccabees 12, 35)
Simon also set up Adida in Sephela, and made it strong with gates and bars. (1 Maccabees 12, 38)
Therefore send them now home again, and choose a few men to wait on thee, and come thou with me to Ptolemais, for I will give it thee, and the rest of the strong holds and forces, and all that have any charge: as for me, I will return and depart: for this is the cause of my coming. (1 Maccabees 12, 45)
Then Simon built up the strong holds in Judea, and fenced them about with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars, and laid up victuals therein. (1 Maccabees 13, 33)
And whatsoever covenants we have made with you shall stand; and the strong holds, which ye have builded, shall be your own. (1 Maccabees 13, 38)
Then sounded they with the holy trumpets: whereupon Cendebeus and his host were put to flight, so that many of them were slain, and the remnant gat them to the strong hold. (1 Maccabees 16, 8)
And the prayer was after this manner; O Lord, Lord God, Creator of all things, who art fearful and strong, and righteous, and merciful, and the only and gracious King, (2 Maccabees 1, 24)
Moreover of those that were with Timotheus and Bacchides, who fought against them, they slew above twenty thousand, and very easily got high and strong holds, and divided among themselves many spoils more, and made the maimed, orphans, widows, yea, and the aged also, equal in spoils with themselves. (2 Maccabees 8, 30)
Then they that were with Maccabeus made supplication, and besought God that he would be their helper; and so they ran with violence upon the strong holds of the Idumeans, (2 Maccabees 10, 16)
And because certain, who were no less than nine thousand, were fled together into two very strong castles, having all manner of things convenient to sustain the siege, (2 Maccabees 10, 18)
But when the battle waxed strong, there appeared unto the enemies from heaven five comely men upon horses, with bridles of gold, and two of them led the Jews, (2 Maccabees 10, 29)
As for Timotheus himself, he fled into a very strong hold, called Gawra, where Chereas was governor. (2 Maccabees 10, 32)
