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And in general he fortified the unwalled towns in his dominions; he must have cities, too, in which his chariots and horsemen could be quartered. Much else, too, he had the whim to build in Jerusalem, and on Lebanon, and in all parts of his kingdom. (1 Kings 9, 19)
Of chariots and horsemen king Solomon mustered a great force, fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen; of these, some were in the fortified towns, and some at the king’s side in Jerusalem. (1 Kings 10, 26)
The descendants of Aaron had towns and enclosures to dwell in among the Caathites, appointed to them by lot. (1 Chronicles 6, 54)
and mustered a great force of chariots and of horsemen; a thousand and four hundred chariots, and horsemen twelve thousand; some of these were kept in towns set apart for stabling them, others in Jerusalem at the king’s side. (2 Chronicles 1, 14)
then he set about fortifying the towns which Hiram had made over to him, and establishing Israelite inhabitants there.✻ (2 Chronicles 8, 2)
Josaphat, then, grew to great magnificence, filling Juda with fortresses and walled towns; (2 Chronicles 17, 12)
He it was that marched out to battle with the Philistines, and laid in ruins the walls of Geth, and Jabnia, and Azotus; and built towns to command Azotus and the Philistines.✻ (2 Chronicles 26, 6)
It was after this that he built the wall beyond David’s Keep, out in the ravine west of Gihon, all the way round from the Fishmongers’ Gate to Ophel, raising it to a great height; set captains, too, on garrison duty in all the fortified towns of Juda. (2 Chronicles 33, 14)
Zanoa and Odollam and the towns near them, Lachis and its district, Azeca, too, and its neighbourhood. Their territory stretched all the way from Bersabee in the south to the valley of Ennom. (Nehemiah 11, 30)
but in the unwalled towns and villages round about, carouse and rejoicing and the sharing out of dainties began on the fourteenth. (Esther 9, 19)
besides many others cut off in the rest of the Galaadite towns. And to-morrow, he was told, the heathen mean to occupy these cities with their army, seizing upon the Israelites and making an end of them, all in one day’s work. (1 Maccabees 5, 27)
In the king’s army, Jews may be enrolled up to the number of thirty thousand, paid according to the common rate of the royal troops; and the same shall be free to serve in all the fortified towns of our empire. (1 Maccabees 10, 36)
