Topic
Fort
26 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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.
- Deuteronomy 20:19Nave Field fortifications
¶ When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s…
- Deuteronomy 20:20Nave Field fortifications
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.
- Judges 6:2Nave Caves used for
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
- 1 Samuel 23:29Nave Caves used for
¶ And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.
- 2 Samuel 22:2Nave FIGURATIVE — Of God's care
And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
- 2 Samuel 22:3Nave FIGURATIVE — Of God's care
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
- 2 Samuel 22:47Nave FIGURATIVE — Of God's care
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
- 2 Kings 25:1Nave Field fortifications
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
- 2 Chronicles 26:10Nave Erected in vineyards and herding grounds
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
- 2 Chronicles 26:15Nave Defenses of cities
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 18:2Nave FIGURATIVE — Of God's care
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
- Psalms 31:3Nave FIGURATIVE — Of God's care
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
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- Psalms 71:3 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of God's care
- Psalms 91:2 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of God's care
- Psalms 144:2 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of God's care
- Proverbs 18:10 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of God's care
- Isaiah 5:2 Nave Erected in vineyards and herding grounds
- Isaiah 25:12 Nave Defenses of cities
- Isaiah 33:16 Nave Caves used for
- Ezekiel 4:2 Nave Field fortifications
- Ezekiel 17:17 Nave Field fortifications
- Ezekiel 26:8 Nave Field fortifications
- Nahum 1:7 Nave FIGURATIVE — Of God's care
- Matthew 21:33 Nave Erected in vineyards and herding grounds
- Mark 12:1 Nave Erected in vineyards and herding grounds
- Luke 20:9 Nave Erected in vineyards and herding grounds
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 26 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (A military defense)
- → Field fortifications De 20:19,20; 2Ki 25:1; Eze 4:2; 17:17; 26:8
- → Defenses of cities 2Ch 26:15; Isa 25:12
- → See CASTLES
- → See TOWERS
- → See WALLS
- → Erected in vineyards and herding grounds 2Ch 26:10; Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33; Mr 12:1; Lu 20:9
- → Caves used for Jud 6:2; 1Sa 23:29; Isa 33:16
- → FIGURATIVE
Texts: 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.