And the power of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens which were in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.

and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold in an orderly manner, and take the second bull and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”

And David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

Then Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi.

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence.

Then David lived in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David.

From the Gadites, mighty men of valor separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men of war who had gone out for military duty, who could handle large shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.

Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of distress;

Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Yahweh of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.

Yahweh of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.

God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold.

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; And I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, For You have been my stronghold And a refuge in the day of my distress.

O my strength, I will sing praises to You; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.

Surely He is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

Surely He is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

You have broken down all his walls; You have beset his strongholds with ruin.

But Yahweh has been my stronghold, And my God the rock of my refuge.

My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.

The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the one with integrity, But ruin to the workers of iniquity.

The wicked man desires a stronghold of evil men, But the root of the righteous gives fruit.

A wise man goes up to the city of the mighty And brings down the stronghold in which they trust.

And it will be that the multitude of all the nations who wage war against Ariel, Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, Will be like a dream, a vision of the night.

He will dwell on the heights, His refuge will be the strongholds of the cliffs; His bread will be given him, His water will be sure.

Concerning Moab. Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed; Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured; The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and shattered.

Come down from your glory And inhabit the parched ground, O inhabitant of the daughter of Dibon; For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, He has ruined your strongholds.

Kerioth has been captured, And the strongholds have been seized, So the hearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day Will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting; They inhabit the strongholds; Their might is dried up; They are becoming like women; Their dwelling places are set on fire; The bars of her gates are broken.

Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens, And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, From Me destroyers will come to her,” declares Yahweh.

The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared All the habitations of Jacob. In His wrath He has pulled down The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.