strong holds and # 09_1SA_23_14 # And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. strong holds and # 14_2CH_11_11 # And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. strong holds and # 25_LAM_02_05 # The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.