31 results found.
... 6 it occurs, between Bethlehem and Tekoa, as one of the cities built "for defense in Judah" by Rehoboam. Josephus writes that "there was a certain place, about ...
https://bibleatlas.org/etam_3.htm
... (chamath; Hemath, Haimath; Swete also has Hemath): The word signifies a defense or citadel, and such designation was very suitable for this chief royal city of the Hittites ...
https://bibleatlas.org/brook_of_the_arabah.htm
... 6 it occurs, between Bethlehem and Tekoa, as one of the cities built "for defense in Judah" by Rehoboam. Josephus writes that "there was a certain place, about ...
https://bibleatlas.org/etam_2.htm
... 2 Kings 10:11 ) . "The tower in Jezreel" was part of the defenses of the city. It commanded a view of the approach up the valley from Beth-shean-the way ...
https://bibleatlas.org/beth-eked.htm
... References It is generally supposed that "The Millo" was some kind of fortress or other defense, but many speculations have been made regarding its position. In 2 Samuel 5:9 ...
https://bibleatlas.org/millo.htm
... (chamath; Hemath, Haimath; Swete also has Hemath): The word signifies a defense or citadel, and such designation was very suitable for this chief royal city of the Hittites ...
https://bibleatlas.org/lebo-hamath.htm
... King James Version "Shoco") was one of the cities fortified by Rehoboam for the defense of Judah ( 2 Chronicles 11:7 ); it was captured by the Philistines in ...
https://bibleatlas.org/soco.htm
... 6 it occurs, between Bethlehem and Tekoa, as one of the cities built "for defense in Judah" by Rehoboam. Josephus writes that "there was a certain place, about ...
https://bibleatlas.org/etam.htm
... 2 Kings 10:11 ) . "The tower in Jezreel" was part of the defenses of the city. It commanded a view of the approach up the valley from Beth-shean-the way ...
https://bibleatlas.org/jarmuth_2.htm
... attempt to take it in 1217. In 1218, however, the Saracens threw down the defenses. Sultan Bibars in 1263 ordered the destruction of the Church of the Transfiguration, and for ...
https://bibleatlas.org/mount_tabor.htm
... of buildings; and the foundations of the walls, with their various windings, gateways and defenses, are traceable even now. 3. Its Patron-Deities and Their Temples: Two great deities ...
https://bibleatlas.org/erech.htm
... rest of the Canaanites resented the defection of the Hivites which so greatly weakened the forces for defense, and, headed by Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem, they assembled to wreak vengeance on Gibeon. ...
https://bibleatlas.org/valley_of_gibeon.htm
... (chamath; Hemath, Haimath; Swete also has Hemath): The word signifies a defense or citadel, and such designation was very suitable for this chief royal city of the Hittites ...
https://bibleatlas.org/hamath.htm
... Rabbah may have stood on the hill now occupied by the citadel, a position easy of defense because of its precipitous sides. The outer walls of the citadel appear to be very old ...
https://bibleatlas.org/rabbah.htm
... King James Version "Shoco") was one of the cities fortified by Rehoboam for the defense of Judah ( 2 Chronicles 11:7 ); it was captured by the Philistines in ...
https://bibleatlas.org/socoh.htm
... with Solomon's gift of 20 cities in Galilee, probably not desiring to assume responsibility for their defense. The people early became mariners, and the dominion of the sea was more inviting to ...
https://bibleatlas.org/phoenicia.htm
... having the appearance of walls. Traces of no less than 108 towers, the city's ancient defenses, are said to be visible even now on the North and East, where the walls ...
https://bibleatlas.org/calah.htm
... steep rocky edges and difficult passes. The road from the North indeed was comparatively easy of defense, following pretty closely the line of the watershed. But the gradual descent of the land ...
https://bibleatlas.org/harmon.htm
... attempt to take it in 1217. In 1218, however, the Saracens threw down the defenses. Sultan Bibars in 1263 ordered the destruction of the Church of the Transfiguration, and for ...
https://bibleatlas.org/tabor.htm
... 2 Kings 10:11 ) . "The tower in Jezreel" was part of the defenses of the city. It commanded a view of the approach up the valley from Beth-shean-the way ...
https://bibleatlas.org/jezreel.htm
... the topography of Jerusalem. LITERATURE. See especially chapter vi in Smith's Jerusalem ; for a defense of the older view see Kuemmel, Materialien z. Topog. des alt. Jerusalem. ...
https://bibleatlas.org/mount_zion.htm
... He claims to have enlarged the city by 12,515 (cubits) . The great defensive wall which he built was called by the Sumerian name of Bad-imgallabi-lu-susu, which he translates as ...
https://bibleatlas.org/nineveh.htm
... . And in 140 B.C. Simon sent a delegation which concluded a treaty, offensive and defensive, with Rome, which was duly intimated by the Senate to their allies in various countries ...
https://bibleatlas.org/dispersion.htm
... and subjugated the island in 1570 and laid siege to Famagusta, which, after a heroic defense, capitulated on August 1, 1571. Since that time Cyprus has formed part of the ...
https://bibleatlas.org/cyprus.htm
... steep rocky edges and difficult passes. The road from the North indeed was comparatively easy of defense, following pretty closely the line of the watershed. But the gradual descent of the land ...
https://bibleatlas.org/samaria.htm
