'Stronghold' in the Bible

Then build an altar for the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold according to the proper pattern. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt sacrifice on the wood from the Asherah pole that you cut down."

When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died -- about a thousand men and women.

So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold.

Then Gad the prophet said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Go to the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

David promised Saul this on oath. Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.

He said: "The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, my stronghold, my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence!

David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

Some of the Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the desert. They were warriors who were trained for battle; they carried shields and spears. They were as fierce as lions and could run as quickly as gazelles across the hills.

Some from Benjamin and Judah also came to David's stronghold.

The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.

Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!

For you are my high ridge and my stronghold; for the sake of your own reputation you lead me and guide me.

Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! For you are my high ridge and my stronghold.

I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust --

who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.

The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

The wicked person desires a stronghold, but the righteous root endures.

The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust.

It will be like a dream, a night vision. There will be a horde from all the nations that fight against Ariel, those who attack her and her stronghold and besiege her.

They will surrender their stronghold because of fear; their officers will be afraid of the Lord's battle flag." This is what the Lord says -- the one whose fire is in Zion, whose firepot is in Jerusalem.

Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky and fortifies her elevated stronghold, I will send destroyers against her," says the Lord.

"And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take from them their stronghold -- their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, as well as their sons and daughters:

I will pour out my anger upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt; I will cut off the hordes of Thebes.

"There will arise in his place one from her family line who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully.

The Lord roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.

Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.