Topic
Hold
9 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1897–1915 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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 Samuel 22:4Easton · ISBE
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
- 1 Samuel 24:22Easton · ISBE
And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
- Judges 9:49ISBE
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
- 1 Samuel 22:5Easton
¶ And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
- 2 Samuel 5:17ISBE
¶ But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
- 2 Samuel 23:14ISBE
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
- 1 Chronicles 11:16ISBE
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth-lehem.
- 1 Chronicles 12:16ISBE
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
- Revelation 18:2ISBE
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
A fortress, the name given to David’s lurking-places (1 Sam. 22:4, 5; 24:22).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
hold: In the American Standard Revised Version frequently "stronghold" (Jud 9:49; 1Sa 22:4; 24:22; 2Sa 5:17; 23:14; 1Ch 11:16; 12:16). See FORTIFICATION. In Re 18:2 for the King James Version "cage" (phulake) the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes, as in first clause, "hold," and in the margin "prison."
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); 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.