Bible Verses About Castles

And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.

And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.

And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

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:

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

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.

Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord.

And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.