Quotes about Citadel
When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
- 1 Kings 16:18
Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:25
These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,
- Nehemiah 1:1
And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
- Nehemiah 2:8
In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
- Esther 1:2
Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.
- Esther 2:5
The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
- Esther 3:15
The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
- Esther 8:14
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
- Esther 9:6
On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
- Esther 9:11
And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
- Daniel 8:2
Evil has insinuated itself into our very souls and rules over us from the very citadel erected to guard us against it.
- Miroslav Volf