Topic
Citadel
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Maccabees 1:33ISBE
Then builded they the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with mighty towers, and made it a strong hold for them.
- 1 Maccabees 3:45ISBE
Now Jerusalem lay void as a wilderness, there was none of her children that went in or out: the sanctuary also was trodden down, and aliens kept the strong hold; the heathen had their habitation in that place; and joy was taken from Jacob, and the pipe…
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
sit'-a-del (1 Macc 1:33; 3:45).
See FORTIFICATION.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.