36 and to make the walls of Jerusalem higher, and to raise a great mound between the citadel and the city, to separate it from the city, that so it might be isolated, that its garrison might neither buy nor sell. (WEB) 37 They were gathered together to build the city. Part of the wall of the brook that is on the east side had fallen down, and he repaired the section called Chaphenatha. (WEB) 38 Simon also built Adida in the plain country, made it strong, and set up gates and bars. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 12:36–38
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1 Maccabees 14:36–38
36 In his days, things prospered in his hands, so that the Gentiles were taken away out of their country, and they also who were in the city of David, those who were in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a citadel, out of which they used to go, and polluted ever… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 13:9–11
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1 Maccabees 10:10–12
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1 Maccabees 9:51–53
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1 Maccabees 13:32–34
32 and reigned in his place. He put on himself the crown of Asia and brought a great calamity upon the land. (WEB) 33 Simon built up the strongholds of Judea, and walled them all around with high towers, great walls, gates, and bars; and he stored food in the strongholds. (WEB) 34 … (WEB)
1 Maccabees 1:32–34
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1 Chronicles 11:7–9
7 So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David. 8 He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city. 9 And David became greater and greater, for th…
2 Chronicles 32:4–6
4 Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said. 5 Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to… 6 …
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