Talált 228 Eredmények: Jericho wall
The men of the city, joined by their wives and children, went up on the wall, with their garments rent, and cried out in loud voices, begging Simon to grant them peace. (1 Maccabees 13, 45)
In this citadel he stationed Jewish soldiers, and he strengthened its fortifications for the defense of the land and the city, while he also raised the wall of Jerusalem to a greater height. (1 Maccabees 14, 37)
Ptolemy, son of Abubus, had been appointed governor of the plain of Jericho, and he had much silver and gold, (1 Maccabees 16, 11)
As Simon was inspecting the cities of the country and providing for their needs, he and his sons Mattathias and Judas went down to Jericho in the year one hundred and seventy-seven, in the eleventh month (that is, the month Shebat). (1 Maccabees 16, 14)
Thus, two women who were arrested for having circumcised their children were publicly paraded about the city with their babies hanging at their breasts and then thrown down from the top of the city wall. (2 Maccabees 6, 10)
When the fifth day dawned, twenty young men in the army of Maccabeus, angered over such blasphemies, bravely stormed the wall and with savage fury cut down everyone they encountered. (2 Maccabees 10, 35)
But Judas and his men invoked the aid of the great Sovereign of the world, who, in the day of Joshua, overthrew Jericho without battering-ram or siege machine; then they furiously stormed the ramparts. (2 Maccabees 12, 15)
In the excitement of the struggle he failed to strike exactly. So while the troops rushed in through the doors, he gallantly ran up to the top of the wall and with manly courage threw himself down into the crowd. (2 Maccabees 14, 43)
Judas hung up Nicanor's head on the wall of the citadel, a clear and evident proof to all of the Lord's help. (2 Maccabees 15, 35)
The rich man's wealth is his strong city; he fancies it a high wall. (Proverbs 18, 11)
And behold! it was all overgrown with thistles; its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall broken down. (Proverbs 24, 31)
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a serpent. (Ecclesiastes 10, 8)
