BULWARK

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Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. (Deuteronomy 20:2020Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. (Deuteronomy 20:20))
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. (2 Chronicles 26:1515And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. (2 Chronicles 26:15))
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: (Ecclesiastes 9:1414There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: (Ecclesiastes 9:14))
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Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. (Psalm 48:1313Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. (Psalm 48:13))
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. (Isaiah 26:11In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. (Isaiah 26:1))