Trouvé 896 Résultats pour: Fortified City
and, wishing the king long life, I answered, Little wonder if my looks are sad, when the city where my father lies buried is but a wilderness, and its gates blackened with fire. (Nehemiah 2, 3)
made answer thus, Did I but stand so high in the royal favour, my request would be that thou wouldst send me to Judaea, to this city where my father lies buried, and give me leave to rebuild it. (Nehemiah 2, 5)
a letter, moreover, to Asaph, the ranger of the royal forest, bidding him supply me with timber for coping the gates of the temple palace and the city walls, and roofing my own house besides. All this, by God’s favour, the king granted me. (Nehemiah 2, 8)
Then came Raphaia, son of Hur, that was in charge of a whole district of the city; (Nehemiah 3, 9)
Half of that district of the city, with the Furnace Tower, was restored by Melchias, son of Herem and, next to him, Hasub of the clan of Phahath-Moab; (Nehemiah 3, 11)
Then I entrusted the defence of the city to my kinsman Hanani, and to Hananias, who was controller of the temple palace at Jerusalem, and eminent, as it seemed to me, in honour and piety; (Nehemiah 7, 2)
Far and wide the city stretched, and its citizens were few and far between; the houses in it had not yet been repaired. (Nehemiah 7, 4)
It was thou, Lord God, that didst make choice of Abram, and beckon him away from Chaldaea, from the City of Fire.✻ And now thou wouldst call him Abraham; (Nehemiah 9, 7)
So it was that our fathers gained cities well fortified, lands well tilled; houses full of all they needed, wells other men had dug for them, vineyard and olive-yard and orchard already planted. Now they might eat their fill, glut their appetites with all the good things thy mercy had bestowed. (Nehemiah 9, 25)
The rulers must needs have their dwelling in Jerusalem; the common folk had their residence assigned by lot, every tenth man going to live in the holy city, while the other nine remained in the country parts; (Nehemiah 11, 1)
All these were under the charge of Joel son of Zechri; Judas son of Senua was next in command of the city. (Nehemiah 11, 9)
There were two hundred and eighty-four of these Levites in the city; (Nehemiah 11, 18)
