מְצָד

In the text

• Judges 6:2הַמְּצָדוֹת

  and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

• 1 Samuel 23:14בַּמְּצָדוֹת

  And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

• 1 Chronicles 11:7בַּמְצָד

  So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.

• Isaiah 33:16מְצָדוֹת

  he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

• Jeremiah 48:41וְהַמְּצָדוֹת

  Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

• Ezekiel 33:27בַּמְּצָדוֹת

  Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

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