Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2426
חֵל
chel · “rampart”
Used 19 times across 12 books
Definition
1) rampart, fortress, wall
1a) rampart
1b) fortress
Also means: che.lah (חֵילָה "bulwark" H2430)
1a) rampart
1b) fortress
Also means: che.lah (חֵילָה "bulwark" H2430)
Where it appears
2 Samuel2
1 Kings1
2 Kings1
1 Chronicles2
2 Chronicles4
Nehemiah1
Psalms2
Isaiah2
Lamentations1
Joel1
Obadiah1
Nahum1
In the text
2 Samuel 8:9When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,2 Samuel 20:15And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.1 Kings 21:23And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.2 Kings 18:17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab–shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.1 Chronicles 18:9Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;1 Chronicles 20:1And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.2 Chronicles 16:7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.2 Chronicles 24:23And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.2 Chronicles 24:24For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.2 Chronicles 26:13And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
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