Fondare 978 Risultati per: City Walls
So David and his men, coming back to the city to find it burnt down, and their wives and sons and daughters taken prisoner, (1 Samuel 30, 3)
His arms they dedicated in the temple of Astaroth, and hung up his body on the walls of Bethsan. (1 Samuel 31, 10)
And now he made his dwelling in the Citadel, and called it David’s Keep; he built walls round it, too, with Mello for their outer bastion. (2 Samuel 5, 9)
Hiram too, king of Tyre, sent messengers offering him cedar planks and carpenters, and stone-masons for the walls; and they built David’s house for him. (2 Samuel 5, 11)
When the ark had been brought into the city, they put it down at the appointed place, in the midst of a tabernacle which David had there spread out for it; and David brought burnt-sacrifices and welcome-offerings into the Lord’s presence there. (2 Samuel 6, 17)
the chiefs there said to Hanon, their sovereign, What, David send messengers to comfort thee, in honour of thy father’s memory? Nay, if he has sent men here, they are spies who will make a report on the city, so that he may come and destroy it. (2 Samuel 10, 3)
The Ammonites themselves had come out from the city, and drawn up their line at the approaches to its gates; the Syrians from Soba, Rohob, Istob and Maacha were at a distance, out in the open country; (2 Samuel 10, 8)
Play the man, fight we valiantly for our people, and for the city walls that are sacred to our God; the Lord’s will be done. (2 Samuel 10, 12)
and the Ammonites, when they saw the Syrians in full flight, gave way in their turn before the onslaught of Abisai, retreating into the city. After this, Joab went back from the Ammonite country to Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 10, 14)
So, when he next made an assault upon the city, Joab gave Urias the post where he knew the defenders were strongest; (2 Samuel 11, 16)
The enemy were too strong for us, he told David; they sallied out to fight us in the open, so we went to the attack, and chased them back to the very gate of the city. (2 Samuel 11, 23)
Upon this, David sent him back with a message for Joab: Never be daunted by what has befallen; still uncertain are the chances of war; now one, now another, the sword claims for its prey. Hurl thy men ever more strongly against the city, and destroy it; bid them keep their courage high. (2 Samuel 11, 25)
