Fortress

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.

Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

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

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

They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.

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.

And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

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

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.

I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.

But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.

He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.

He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.

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 fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.

…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.

Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.

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.

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

One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!

They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.