From Nave’s Topical Bible
Castle
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 14Passages listed
- 7Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- A towerGenesis 25:16Numbers 31:101 Chronicles 11:51 Chronicles 11:72 Chronicles 17:122 Chronicles 27:4Acts 21:34Acts 21:37Acts 23:10Acts 23:16Acts 23:32
- Bars ofProverbs 18:19
- For the doctrine, "The house is my castle," seeDeuteronomy 24:10Deuteronomy 24:11
- See Fort
- See Tower
The passages, in Bible order (14)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 14 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 25:16
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
Commentary on Genesis 25:162 voices
These are the sons of Ishmael,.... The twelve before mentioned, Gen 25:13, these are their names, by their towns and by their castles; their towns and their castles being called after their names, some of which we are able to trace at this distance, as the above notes show: twelve princes according to their nations; these were princes, or heads of tribes, and there were twelve of them, and continued so, see Gen 17:20; where is the prophecy, and here an accomplishment of it.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
These are their names - By which their descendants were called. Their towns - places of encampment in the wilderness, such as have been used by the Arabs from the remotest times. Their castles, טירתם tirotham, their towers, probably mountain tops, fortified rocks, and fastnesses of various kinds in woods and hilly countries.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Numbers 31:10
Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,
Commentary on Numbers 31:102 voices
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, &c. ) So far as they went into the country, which, perhaps, might not be the whole land of Midian: and all their goodly castles with fire; which were either the palaces of their princes and nobles, or such like great personages; or they were fortified places, for the security of their cities and country: the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan interpret them of their houses of worship, their temples, and their altars.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Goodly castles - Rather, both here and in Gen 25:16, hamlets. The word is derived from a word טוּר ṭûr,) signifying “a row” or “range” (compare Eze 46:23); and probably indicates those collections of rude dwellings, made of stones piled one on another and covered with tent-cloths, which are used by the Arabs to this day; and which are frequently mentioned as douars in narratives of the French campaigns in Algeria. These dwellings would be formed usually in a circle. See the word “Hazeroth,” in Num 11:35.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Deuteronomy 24:10
When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:101 voice
The borrower (says Solomon) is servant to the lender; therefore lest the lender should abuse the advantage he has against him, and improve it for his own interest, it is provided that he shall take not what he pleases, but what the borrower can best spare. A man's house is his castle, even the poor man's house is so, and is here taken under the protection of the law.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Deuteronomy 24:11
You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:111 voice
The borrower (says Solomon) is servant to the lender; therefore lest the lender should abuse the advantage he has against him, and improve it for his own interest, it is provided that he shall take not what he pleases, but what the borrower can best spare. A man's house is his castle, even the poor man's house is so, and is here taken under the protection of the law.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- 1 Chronicles 11:5
The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
- 1 Chronicles 11:7
So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
- 2 Chronicles 17:12
Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 17:121 voice
And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly,.... In wealth and riches, power and authority, in his forces and fortifications: and he built in Judah castles, and cities of stores; castles for the defence of his kingdom, and store cities to lay up corn, and wine, and all provisions, in case of an invasion, or against a time of war.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 27:4
He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 27:41 voice
Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah,.... In the mountainous part of it, the hill country of Judea, Luk 1:65, and in the forests he built castles and towers; for the safety of travellers, and of shepherds and their flocks, see 2Ch 26:10.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 18:19
An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
Commentary on Proverbs 18:191 voice
The meaning of the first clause is obtained in the King James Version by the insertion of the words in italics, and it seems on the whole to be the best. The Septuagint and Vulgate give an entirely different rendering, based, apparently, upon a different text.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Acts 21:34
Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
Commentary on Acts 21:341 voice
He ordered him to be taken into the camp. And in this place, and in this whole narration, wherever the name of the camp is positioned, it must be taught that it is placed in the singular in Greek: for this reason the Latin interpreter …
Bede· Retractions on ActsPatristic
- Acts 21:37
As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
Commentary on Acts 21:372 voices
Art not thou that Egyptian, &c.--The form of the question implies that the answer is to be in the negative, and is matter of some surprise: "Thou art not then?" &c.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
He said: Do you know Greek? Are you not the Egyptian, etc.? For an Egyptian had come to Judea, who by magical art claimed prophecy for himself, gathered about thirty thousand Jews; and leading them through the desert, he came to the Mount of Olives, …
Bede· Commentary on ActsPatristic
- Acts 23:10
The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
Commentary on Acts 23:101 voice
The chief captain - commanded the soldiers to go down - It appears that the chief captain was present during these transactions, and that he had a body of soldiers in readiness in the castle of Antonia; and it was from this that he commanded them to come down; for the rescue and preservation of Paul.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Acts 23:16
But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.
Commentary on Acts 23:162 voices
Paul's sister's son--(See on Ac 9:30). If he was at this time residing at Jerusalem for his education, like Paul himself, he may have got at the schools those hints of the conspiracy on which he so promptly acted.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
By God's arrangement, the Jews did not notice how "the son of Paul's sister" could hear them. Again Paul is saved through human foresight, since he leaves everyone, even the centurion, in ignorance, so that the matter would not be discovered. One should not condemn …
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on ActsPatristic
- Acts 23:32
The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.
Commentary on Acts 23:321 voice
On the morrow they--the infantry. left the horsemen--themselves no longer needed as a guard. The remaining distance was about twenty-five or twenty-six miles. 34, 35. asked of what province he was--the letter describing him as a Roman citizen.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed