Fondare 459 Risultati per: Fortified Cities
After the rout and destruction of these, he marched also against Ephron, a fortified city where Lysias dwelt with multitudes of people of all nationalities. Stalwart young men took their stand before the walls and made a vigorous defense; and great stores of war engines and missiles were there. (2 Maccabees 12, 27)
Wisdom rescued a righteous man when the ungodly were perishing; he escaped the fire that descended on the Five Cities. (Wisdom of Solomon 10, 6)
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation, and destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of great men. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 14)
How glorious he was when he lifted his hands and stretched out his sword against the cities! (Ecclesiasticus 47, 2)
Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into the midst of it; he tunneled the sheer rock with iron and built pools for water. (Ecclesiasticus 49, 17)
The leader of his brethren and the pride of his people was Simon the high priest, son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house, and in his time fortified the temple. (Ecclesiasticus 51, 1)
He considered how to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city to withstand a seige. (Ecclesiasticus 51, 4)
Your country lies desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence aliens devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by aliens. (Isaiah 1, 7)
against every high tower, and against every fortified wall; (Isaiah 2, 15)
Then I said, "How long, O Lord?" And he said: "Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without men, and the land is utterly desolate, (Isaiah 6, 11)
who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?' (Isaiah 14, 17)
Prepare slaughter for his sons because of the guilt of their fathers, lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities." (Isaiah 14, 21)
