Haller's Concordance: HOLDS

• And they were grievously oppressed by them. And they made themselves dens and caves in the mountains, and strong holds to resist. Judg. 6:2
• But David abode in the desert in strong holds, and he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Saul sought him always: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands. 1 Ki. 23:14
• And the Ziphites went up to Saul, in Gabaa, saying: Lo, doth not David lie hid with us in the strong holds of the wood, in mount Hachila, which is on the right hand of the desert. 1 Ki. 23:19
• Then David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds of Engaddi. 1 Ki. 23:29
• He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds. Pr. 12:11
• And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the strong holds of Benadad. Jer. 49:27
• The valiant men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have dwelt in holds: their strength hath failed, and they are become as women: her dwelling places are burnt, her bars are broken. Jer. 51:30
• Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and hath not spared, all that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong holds of the virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof. Lam. 2:2
• He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath cast down Israel headlong, he hath overthrown all the walls thereof: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Juda the afflicted, both men and women. Lam. 2:5
• Say thou thus to them: Thus saith the Lord God: As I live, they that dwell in the ruinous places, shall fall by the sword: and he that is in the field, shall be given to the beasts to be devoured: and they that are in holds, and caves, shall die of the pestilence. Ezec. 33:27
• And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds, Mic. 5:11
• All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater. Nah. 3:12
• He fought many battles, and took the strong holds of all, and slew the kings of the earth: 1 Ma. 1:2
• Then the strangers that were in the strong holds, which Bacchides had built, fled away. 1 Ma. 10:12
• And king Ptolemee died the third day after: and they that were in the strong holds were destroyed by them that were within the camp. 1 Ma. 11:18
• And Jonathan sent to king Demetrius, desiring that he would cast out them that were in the castle in Jerusalem, and those that were in the strong holds: because they fought against Israel. 1 Ma. 11:41
• Now, therefore, send them back to their own houses: and choose thee a few men that may be with thee, and come with me to Ptolemais, and I will deliver it to thee, and the rest of the strong holds, and the army, and all that have any charge, and I will return and go away: for this is the cause of my coming. 1 Ma. 12:45
• And Simon built up the strong holds of Judea, fortifying them with high towers, and great walls, and gates and bars: and he stored up victuals in the fortresses. 1 Ma. 13:33
• For all that we have decreed in your favour shall stand in force. The strong holds that you have built, shall be your own. 1 Ma. 13:38
• And that he should be chief over them, and that he should have the charge of the sanctuary, and that he should appoint rulers over their works, and over the country, and over the armour, and over the strong holds; 1 Ma. 14:42
• Moreover, they slew above twenty thousand of them that were with Timotheus and Bacchides, who fought against them, and they made themselves masters of the high strong holds: and they divided amongst them many spoils, giving equal portions to the feeble, the fatherless, and the widows; yea, and the aged also 2 Ma. 8:30
• But Gorgias, who was governor of the holds, taking with him the strangers, often fought against the Jews. 2 Ma. 10:14
• And the Jews that occupied the most commodious holds, received those that were driven out of Jerusalem, and attempted to make war. 2 Ma. 10:15
• Then they that were with Machabeus, beseeching the Lord by prayers to be their helper, made a strong attack upon the strong holds of the Idumeans: 2 Ma. 10:16
• And assaulting them with great force, won the holds, killed them that came in the way, and slew altogether no fewer than twenty thousand. 2 Ma. 10:17
• And having good success in arms, and in all things he took in hand, he slew more than twenty thousand in the two holds. 2 Ma. 10:23
• But when Machabeus, and they that were with him, understood that the strong holds were besieged, they and all the people besought the Lord with lamentations and tears, that he would send a good angel to save Israel. 2 Ma. 11:6