chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

The fortified cities included Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,

The Lord said to me, “I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave.”

He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)

Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and constructed pens for their flocks.

Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom?

It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,

Then they went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.

“You have with you the sons of your master, chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons. So when this letter arrives,

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower to the city fortress.

Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim, and Damascus will lose its kingdom. The survivors in Syria will end up like the splendor of the Israelites,” says the Lord who commands armies.

They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.

The gold mice corresponded in number to all the Philistine cities of the five leaders, from the fortified cities to hamlet villages, to greater Abel, where they positioned the ark of the Lord until this very day in the field of Joshua who was from Beth Shemesh.

You will defeat every fortified city and every important city. You must chop down every productive tree, stop up all the springs, and cover all the cultivated land with stones.”

The Israelites said things about the Lord their God that were not right. They built high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortress.

I, the Lord, hereby promise to make you as strong as a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall. You will be able to stand up against all who live in the land, including the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and all the people of the land.

He did this while the army of the king of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and the cities of Lachish and Azekah. He was attacking these cities because they were the only fortified cities of Judah which were still holding out.