holds And what the land [is] that they dwell in, whether it [be] good or bad; and what cities [they be] that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong {holds}; holds And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: [and] because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which [are] in the mountains, and caves, and strong {holds}. holds <1SA23 -14> And David abode in the wilderness in strong {holds}, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. holds <1SA23 -19> Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong {holds} in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of Jeshimon? holds <1SA23 -29> And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong {holds} at Engedi. holds <2KI8 -12> And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong {holds} wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash the ir children, and rip up their women with child. holds <2CH11 -11> And he fortified the strong {holds}, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. holds Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong {holds} to ruin. holds He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant [city], to destroy the strong {holds} thereof. holds Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from [thy] glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, [and] he shall destroy thy strong {holds}. holds Kerioth is taken, and the strong {holds} are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. holds The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have remained in [their] {holds}: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. holds The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong {holds} of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought [them] down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the pri nces thereof. holds The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong {holds}, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. holds And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into {holds}, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. holds He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do [that] which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: [yea], and he shall for ecast his devices against the strong {holds}, even for a time. holds Thus shall he do in the most strong {holds} with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge [and] increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. holds And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong {holds}: holds All thy strong {holds} [shall be like] fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. holds Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong {holds}: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brickkiln. holds <2CO10 -4> For the weapons of our warfare are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong {holds};) ~~~~~~