From Nave’s Topical Bible
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Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 26Passages listed
- 14Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- (A military defense)
- Field fortificationsDeuteronomy 20:19Deuteronomy 20:202 Kings 25:1Ezekiel 4:2Ezekiel 17:17Ezekiel 26:8
- Defenses of cities2 Chronicles 26:15Isaiah 25:12
- See Castles
- See Towers
- See Walls
- Erected in vineyards and herding grounds2 Chronicles 26:10Isaiah 5:2Matthew 21:33Mark 12:1Luke 20:9
- Caves used forJudges 6:21 Samuel 23:29Isaiah 33:16
- FIGURATIVE
- Of God's care2 Samuel 22:22 Samuel 22:32 Samuel 22:47Psalms 18:2Psalms 31:3Psalms 71:3Psalms 91:2Psalms 144:2Proverbs 18:10Nahum 1:7
The passages, in Bible order (26)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Deuteronomy 20:19
When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
Commentary on Deuteronomy 20:191 voice
The Logos in his goodness, richly equipped with love of humankind, teaches that it is not right to cut down cultivated trees, still less to cut crops for purposes of vandalism before harvest, and even less still to destroy, root and branch, cultivated fruit, whether of the land or of the soul. It does not even allow the razing of enemy land. Yes, and farmers find their profit from the law.
Clement of Alexandria· The Stromata Book 2, 215Patristic
- Deuteronomy 20:20
But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 20:201 voice
Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 6:2
and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
Commentary on Judges 6:21 voice
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Samuel 23:29
And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 23:291 voice
And David went up from thence,.... From the wilderness of Maon, having had a narrow escape for his life: and dwelt in strong holds in Engedi; another place in the tribe of Judah, and which lay in the wilderness of Judah, and from whence that is called the wilderness of Engedi; and here Dr. Lightfoot (w) thinks he penned the sixty third psalm, Psa 63:1, the wilderness about Engedi being the most desert of all other places, that being upon the borders of the dead sea; of this place; see Gill on Jos 15:62. (w) Works, vol. 1. p. 58.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Samuel 22:2
He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:21 voice
The fifth song is in Second Samuel, when "David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul." He said, "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God will be my protector."
Origen of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS, PROLOGUE, 253Patristic
- 2 Samuel 22:3
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:31 voice
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. See Gill on Psa 18:2.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Samuel 22:47
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
- 2 Kings 25:1
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
Commentary on 2 Kings 25:11 voice
What think you of Nebuchadnezzar? Have you not heard from Scripture that he was bloodthirsty, fierce, with the disposition of a lion? Have you not heard that he disinterred the kings? Have you not heard that he brought the people away into captivity? Have you not heard that he put the king's sons to the sword before Zedekiah's eyes and then blinded him? Have you not heard that he shattered the cherubim?
Cyril of Jerusalem· Catechetical Lecture 2:17-19, 386Patristic
- 2 Chronicles 26:10
Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 26:101 voice
Also he built towers in the desert,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 26:15
And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 26:151 voice
Of Uzziah, the ancestor of this king of whom we have been speaking, himself also praised in all things by the witness of the Scripture, after great commendation for his virtue, after countless triumphs that he achieved by the merit of his devotion and faith, learn how he was cast down by the pride of vainglory. "And," we are told, "the name of Uzziah went forth, for the Lord helped him and had strengthened him.
John Cassian· INSTITUTES 11.11, 435Patristic
- Psalms 18:2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Commentary on Psalms 18:21 voice
Unless one has a horn with which to rout his enemies, he is not worthy to be offered to God. That is why the Lord is described as a horn to those who believe in him; and it was with the horns of the cross that he routed his enemies. On the cross he confounded the devil and his entire army. To be sure, Christ was crucified in his body, but on the cross, it was he who was crucifying there the devils. It was not a cross; it was a symbol of triumph, a banner of victory.
Jerome· HOMILY ON PSALM 91[92], 420Patristic
- Psalms 31:3
For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
Commentary on Psalms 31:32 voices
For thou art my rock and my fortress,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Now, through all the verses occurring here, at any rate, we learn the measure of his prudence: his appeal for divine assistance is made on the basis not of his own virtue but of God's name and of God's righteousness and because he hoped in …
Theodoret of Cyrus· COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 31:3, 458Patristic
- Psalms 71:3
Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
Commentary on Psalms 71:32 voices
Ver. 3. Be thou my strong habitation. Permit me to enter into thee, and be as much at home as a man in his own house, and then suffer me to remain in thee as my settled abode. Whereas foes molest me, I need a dwelling framed and bulwarked, to sustain a siege and resist the attacks of armies; let, then, thine omnipotence secure me, and be as a fortress unto me.
Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David (1869-1885)Reformed
Be thou my strong habitation,.... This is very appropiately said, when David was driven out of his dwelling place, and palace at Jerusalem, by his son, as Kimchi observes.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 91:2
I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Commentary on Psalms 91:21 voice
He shall say to the Lord: You are my upholder and my refuge, my God. For many enemies pursue me: therefore you are my refuge. I will hope in him. He did not say, "I hope"; but, "I will hope." For as long as we sin, we do not hope: if we cease to sin, we hope.
Jerome· Homily 20, on Psalm 90, 420Patristic
- Psalms 144:2
He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
Commentary on Psalms 144:21 voice
My mercy and my refuge, my helper and my deliverer: my protector. With how many names is God called! As many benefits, so many names. Who subdues my people under me. This can be said in the person of Christ, that is, from the assumed man. But it can also be said in the person of the apostles, that which he says: Who subdues my people under me. This too the holy father in the monastery says, and gives thanks to God, and says: Blessed be the Lord my God, who subdues my people under me.
Jerome· Homily 54, on Psalm 143, 420Patristic
- Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Commentary on Proverbs 18:102 voices
It is good to have the sign of Zabulon, which is "a dwelling of fortitude," which implies the first stability. "Because Thou, O Lord, art my hope." Hence, "the name of the Lord is a strong tower; the just man runs to it and is …
Bonaventure· Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 23, 1257Patristic
The name of the Lord is a strong tower,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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