31 verses contain “Citadel” (in the KJV: 0, in the BSB: 31) — showing 1–31
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And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his,
conspired against him, and
smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with
Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah,
conspired against him along with
Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of
Gilead. And at the
citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
These are the words of
Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the
twentieth year, while I was in the
citadel of
Susa,
And a letter unto
Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which
appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
And may I have a letter to
Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the
citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the
gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
That in those days, when the king
Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in
Shushan the palace,
In those days King
Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the
citadel of
Susa.
And when these days were
expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in
Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;
At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the
citadel of
Susa, from the least to the greatest.
And let the king
appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto
Shushan the palace, to the house of the women unto the
custody of Hege the king’s
chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for
purification be given them:
and let the king
appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to
assemble all the beautiful young women into the
harem at the
citadel of
Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s
eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
Now there was at the
citadel of
Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named
Mordecai son of
Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of
Kish.
So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto
Shushan the palace, to the
custody of Hegai, that
Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the
custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the
citadel of
Susa under the care of Hegai.
Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the
custodian of the women.
The posts went out, being
hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in
Shushan the palace. And the king and
Haman sat down to drink; but the city
Shushan was
perplexed.
The couriers left,
spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the
citadel of
Susa. Then the king and
Haman sat down to drink, but the city of
Susa was in confusion.
So the posts that
rode upon mules and camels went out, being
hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at
Shushan the palace.
The couriers
rode out in
haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the
citadel of
Susa.
And in
Shushan the palace the Jews
slew and destroyed five hundred men.
In the
citadel of
Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
On that day the number of those that were slain in
Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
On that day the number of those killed in the
citadel of
Susa was reported to the king,
And the king said unto
Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in
Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of
Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
who said to Queen
Esther, “In the
citadel of
Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including
Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
But if ye will not
hearken unto me to
hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I
kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall
devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be
quenched.
But if you do not
listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will
kindle an
unquenchable fire in its gates to
consume the
citadels of Jerusalem.’”
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at
Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of
Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
And in the vision I saw myself in the
citadel of
Susa, in the province of
Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied
fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall
devour the palaces thereof.
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will
consume their
citadels.
But I will send a fire into the house of
Hazael, which shall
devour the palaces of Ben-
hadad.
But I will send a fire on the wall of
Gaza, which shall
devour the palaces thereof:
So I will send fire upon the walls of
Gaza, to
consume its
citadels.
But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall
devour the palaces thereof.
So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to
consume its
citadels.”
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall
devour the palaces of
Bozrah.
So I will send fire upon Teman to
consume the
citadels of
Bozrah.”
So I will
kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to
consume its
citadels amid war
cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of
tempest.
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall
devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with
tumult, with
shouting, and with the sound of the
trumpet:
So I will send fire against Moab to
consume the
citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in
tumult, amid war
cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall
devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
So I will send fire upon Judah to
consume the
citadels of Jerusalem.”
Publish in the palaces at
Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say,
Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the
oppressed in the midst thereof.
Proclaim to the
citadels of
Ashdod and to the
citadels of Egypt: “
Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and
robbery in their palaces.
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An
adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be
spoiled.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will
surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and
plunder your
citadels.”
The Lord GOD hath
sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I
abhor the
excellency of Jacob, and
hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
The Lord GOD has
sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I
abhor Jacob’s pride and
detest his
citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall
tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven
shepherds, and eight principal men.
And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our
citadels. We will raise against it seven
shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
