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.


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2 Chronicles 14 6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
Ezra 6 14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Jeremiah 1 18 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.
Ezra 5 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
2 Chronicles 27 4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
2 Chronicles 20 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
Psalms 69 35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
2 Chronicles 8 5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Psalms 147 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33 14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
2 Chronicles 11 5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
Ezra 4 4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Zechariah 2 4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
2 Chronicles 34 11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
2 Chronicles 11 6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Joshua 21 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
Joshua 19 50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
Ezra 1 5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 4 12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
Ezra 5 9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
Isaiah 26 1 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.
2 Chronicles 19 5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
Nehemiah 2 17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Hosea 8 14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Ezra 5 16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.
Psalms 51 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Genesis 11 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Psalms 107 36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
Nehemiah 2 5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
Psalms 114 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
Joshua 6 26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
2 Chronicles 2 1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2 Chronicles 11 12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
Zechariah 1 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 22 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
2 Samuel 12 31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 12 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Isaiah 44 26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
2 Chronicles 17 12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
Genesis 11 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Jeremiah 11 6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
2 Chronicles 8 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
Hebrews 11 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
1 Kings 5 18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
Jeremiah 34 7 When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
Numbers 32 16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Ezra 5 3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
2 Chronicles 8 6 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.
2 Chronicles 26 6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
1 Chronicles 6 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,