Topic
Bulwark
5 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 20:20ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
- 2 Chronicles 26:15ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
- Psalms 48:13ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
- Ecclesiastes 9:14ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
- Isaiah 26:1ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.