Bible Dictionary: Castles

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Our Stronghold
... Then, when troops of marauders invaded the land, strong castles were set upon the
various hill-tops and the inhabitants gathered up their little wealth and ...
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England's Strength
... see these terrible Assyrian conquerors defeating their enemies, torturing and
slaughtering their prisoners, swimming rivers, beating down castles, sweeping on ...
/.../kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon xiv englands strength.htm

Dark Times and Bright Times. AD 1253-1500
... man did that which was right in his own eyes; and as there existed a numerous class
of returned crusaders and unemployed soldiers, the smaller castles all over ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/chapter iv dark times and.htm

Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome.
... hear sighs. The cities are destroyed, the castles are ruined, the fields
are laid waste, the whole land is desolate. The villages ...
/.../neander/light in the dark places/gregory the great bishop of.htm

Seven "I Wills" of Christ.
... He, a Bedford tinker, couldn't get inside one of the princely castles.
I was very much amused when I was over on the other side. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/the overcoming life/seven i wills of christ.htm

How the People Raised a Sedition against Archelaus, and How He ...
... And Sabinus, out of regard to Varus, did neither seize upon any of the castles that
were among the Jews, nor did he seal up the treasures in them, but ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 how the people.htm

Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire ...
... Araxes from Lake Urumiah, as the goal of his incursions, and overran the territory
of the Babilu; there he carried by storm three royal castles, twenty-three ...
/.../chapter iitiglath-pileser iii and the.htm

The Ethics of Elfland
... of his office-boy, it is commonly in some such speech as this: "Ah, yes, when one
is young, one has these ideals in the abstract and these castles in the air ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/orthodoxy/iv the ethics of elfland.htm

The Soul of Prayer
... hedge; beyond, in the gash of the valley, the stream purrs up through the steep
woods; still farther, the limestone rocks rise fantastic, like castles in the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/forsyth/the soul of prayer/title page.htm

The Life of Sir Thomas Browne.
... he quitted his settlement, and accompanied his father-in-law, [6] who had some
employment in Ireland, in a visitation of the forts and castles, which the state ...
//christianbookshelf.org/browne/christian morals/the life of sir thomas.htm

Thesaurus

Castles (10 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Castles (10 Occurrences). ... Numbers 31:10 And they burnt
all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. ...
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Castle (26 Occurrences)
...Castles are also mentioned (Genesis 25:16) as a kind of watch-tower, from
which shepherds kept watch over their flocks by night. ...
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Forts (12 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS). 2 Chronicles 17:12 Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly;
and he built in Judah castles and cities of store. (See NIV). ...
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Fortresses (45 Occurrences)
... (See NAS RSV). 2 Chronicles 17:12 Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he
built in Judah castles and cities of store. (See NAS RSV). ...
/f/fortresses.htm - 19k

Goodly (46 Occurrences)
... English Revised Version has "The wing of the ostrich rejoiceth," the American Standard
Revised Version (wings) "wave proudly." For "goodly castles" (Numbers 31 ...
/g/goodly.htm - 25k

Judean (7 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 2 Chronicles 27:4 Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah,
and in the forest he built castles and towers. (See NIV). ...
/j/judean.htm - 8k

Jackal (3 Occurrences)
... And wolves ('iyim) shall cry in their castles, and jackals (tannim) in the pleasant
palaces." In the King James Version 'iyim (Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:14 ...
/j/jackal.htm - 15k

Jehonathan (3 Occurrences)
... king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the
fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan ...
/j/jehonathan.htm - 8k

Jackals (20 Occurrences)
... (WEB BBE NIV). Isaiah 13:22 Wolves will cry in their castles, and jackals in the
pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged. ...
/j/jackals.htm - 12k

Wolves (10 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Isaiah 13:22 Wolves will
cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. ...
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Bible Concordance

Castles (10 Occurrences)

Genesis 25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
(KJV WBS)

Numbers 31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
(KJV WBS)

1 Chronicles 6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
(KJV WBS)

1 Chronicles 27:25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
(KJV ASV WBS)

2 Chronicles 17:12 Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

2 Chronicles 27:4 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 13:22 Wolves will cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY)

Jeremiah 51:32 and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 19:7 And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.
(See JPS)

Hosea 8:14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.
(ASV JPS)

Subtopics

Castles

Related Terms

Castle (26 Occurrences)

Forts (12 Occurrences)

Fortresses (45 Occurrences)

Goodly (46 Occurrences)

Judean (7 Occurrences)

Jackal (3 Occurrences)

Jehonathan (3 Occurrences)

Jackals (20 Occurrences)

Wolves (10 Occurrences)