326 verses contain “wall” (in the KJV: 285, in the BSB: 251) — showing 301–326
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Then builded they the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with mighty towers, and made it a strong hold for them.
At that time also they builded up the mount
Sion with high
walls and strong towers round about, lest the Gentiles should come and
tread it down as they had done before.
Also that they had pulled down the
abomination, which he had set up upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed about the sanctuary with high
walls, as before, and his city Bethsura.
Then the king entered into mount
Sion; but when he saw the strength of the place, he broke his oath that he had made, and gave commandment to pull down the
wall round about.
Afterward returned Bacchides to Jerusalem and repaired the strong cites in
Judea; the fort in
Jericho, and
Emmaus, and Bethhoron, and
Bethel, and Thamnatha, Pharathoni, and Taphon, these did he
strengthen with high
walls, with gates and with bars.
Moreover in the hundred fifty and third year, in the second month, Alcimus commanded that the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary should be pulled down; he pulled down also the works of the prophets
And he commanded the workmen to build the
walls and the mount
Sion and about with square stones for
fortification; and they did so.
Yea, and for the building of the
walls of Jerusalem, and the
fortifying thereof round about, expences shall be given out of the king’s accounts, as also for the building of the
walls in
Judea.
And making the
walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great mount between the tower and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor
buy in it.
Upon this they came together to build up the city,
forasmuch as part of the
wall toward the
brook on the east side was fallen down, and they repaired that which was called Caphenatha.
So then he gathered together all the men of war, and made
haste to finish the
walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.
Then Simon built up the strong holds in
Judea, and
fenced them about with high towers, and great
walls, and gates, and bars, and laid up
victuals therein.
Insomuch as the people of the city rent their clothes, and
climbed upon the
walls with their wives and children, and
cried with a loud voice,
beseeching Simon to grant them peace.
But he placed Jews therein. and fortified it for the safety of the country and the city, and raised up the walls of Jerusalem.
As concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and worthy deeds which he did, and the building of the walls which he made, and his doings,
And the women,
girt with
sackcloth under their breasts, abounded in the streets, and the virgins that were kept in ran, some to the gates, and some to the
walls, and others looked out of the windows.
Now when there was gone forth a false rumour, as though
Antiochus had been dead,
Jason took at the least a thousand men, and suddenly made an
assault upon the city; and they that were upon the
walls being put back, and the city at length taken,
Menelaus fled into the castle:
For there were two women brought, who had
circumcised their children; whom when they had openly led round about the city, the babes handing at their breasts, they cast them down
headlong from the
wall.
And
assaulting them strongly, they won the holds, and kept off all that fought upon the
wall, and
slew all that fell into their hands, and killed no fewer than twenty thousand.
Nevertheless upon the fifth day early twenty young men of Maccabeus’ company, inflamed with anger because of the blasphemies,
assaulted the
wall manly, and with a fierce courage killed all that they met
withal.
Then they praised the
merciful God all together, and took heart,
insomuch that they were ready not only to fight with men, but with most cruel beasts, and to
pierce through
walls of iron.
He went also about to make a bridge to a certain strong city, which was
fenced about with
walls, and inhabited by people of
divers countries; and the name of it was Caspis.
But they that were within it put such trust in the strength of the
walls and provision of
victuals, that they
behaved themselves rudely toward them that were with
Judas, railing and
blaspheming, and uttering such words as were not to be spoken.
Wherefore
Judas with his company, calling upon the great Lord of the world, who without rams or engines of war did cast down
Jericho in the time of Joshua, gave a fierce
assault against the
walls,
And after he had put to flight and destroyed them,
Judas removed the host toward Ephron, a strong city, wherein
Lysias abode, and a great multitude of
divers nations, and the strong young men kept the
walls, and defended them
mightily: wherein also was great provision of engines and darts.
But missing his stroke through
haste, the multitude also
rushing within the doors, he ran boldly up to the
wall, and cast himself down
manfully among the thickest of them.