Fortress

and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”

So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.

Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”

Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.

He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

God is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear.

At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.

The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.

At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.

Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,

And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”

Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?

The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.

You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.

Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.

Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.

I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!

For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”

They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,

I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.

Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.

But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.

After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.

His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.

He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.

You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.