'Sheepfolds' in the Bible
These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their settlements, and by their encampments (sheepfolds); twelve princes (sheiks) according to their tribes.
"Issachar is a strong donkey, resting between sheepfolds.
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and sheepfolds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.”
Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and built sheepfolds.
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
He came to the sheepfolds beside the road. There was a cave there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave.
along with storage facilities for grain, wine, oil, stalls for all sorts of cattle, and sheepfolds for his flocks.
I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds.
While you lie among the sheepfolds,the wings of a dove are covered with silver,and its feathers with glistening gold.
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Babylon will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation;Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there,Nor will the shepherds let their sheep lie down there.
"I, the Lord who rules over all, say: 'This place will indeed lie in ruins. There will be no people or animals in it. But there will again be in it and in its towns sheepfolds where shepherds can rest their sheep.