Occurrences
Migdâl occurs 50 times in 45 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Judges (7), 2 Kings (3), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (6), Nehemiah (8), Psalms (2), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (4), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (3), Micah (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 11:4 — And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower (וּמִגְדָּל֙), whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
- Genesis 11:5 — And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower (הַמִּגְדָּ֑ל), which the children of men builded.
- Genesis 35:21 — And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
- Judges 8:9 — And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower (הַמִּגְדָּ֥ל).
- Judges 8:17 — And he beat down the tower (מִגְדַּ֥ל) of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
- Judges 9:46 — And when all the men of the tower (מִֽגְדַּל) of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
- Judges 9:47 — And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower (מִֽגְדַּל) of Shechem were gathered together.
- Judges 9:49 — And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower (מִֽגְדַּל) of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
- Judges 9:51 — But there was a strong tower (וּמִגְדַּל) within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
- Judges 9:51 — But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower (הַמִּגְדָּֽל).
- Judges 9:52 — And Abimelech came unto the tower (הַמִּגְדָּ֔ל), and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
- Judges 9:52 — And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower (הַמִּגְדָּ֖ל) to burn it with fire.
- 2 Kings 9:17 — And there stood a watchman on the tower (הַמִּגְדָּ֜ל) in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
- 2 Kings 17:9 — And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower (מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל) of the watchmen to the fenced city.
- 2 Kings 18:8 — He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower (מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל) of the watchmen to the fenced city.
- 1 Chronicles 27:25 — And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles (וּבַמִּגְדָּל֔וֹת), was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
- 2 Chronicles 14:7 — Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers (וּמִגְדָּלִים֮), gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 26:9 — Moreover Uzziah built towers (מִגְדָּלִים֙) in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
- 2 Chronicles 26:10 — Also he built towers (מִגְדָּלִ֜ים) in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
- 2 Chronicles 26:15 — And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers (הַמִּגְדָּלִים֙) and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
- 2 Chronicles 27:4 — Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers (וּמִגְדָּלִֽים).
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 — Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers (הַמִּגְדָּל֗וֹת), and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
- Nehemiah 3:1 — Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower (מִגְדַּ֤ל) of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
- Nehemiah 3:1 — Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower (מִגְדַּ֥ל) of Hananeel.
- Nehemiah 3:11 — Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower (מִגְדַּ֥ל) of the furnaces.
- Nehemiah 3:25 — Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower (וְהַמִּגְדָּ֗ל) which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
- Nehemiah 3:26 — Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower (וְהַמִּגְדָּ֖ל) that lieth out.
- Nehemiah 3:27 — After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower (הַמִּגְדָּ֤ל) that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
- Nehemiah 8:4 — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit (מִגְדַּל) of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
- Nehemiah 12:38 — And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower (לְמִגְדַּ֣ל) of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
- Nehemiah 12:39 — And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower (וּמִגְדַּ֤ל) of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
- Nehemiah 12:39 — And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower (וּמִגְדַּ֣ל) of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
- Psalms 48:12 — Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers (מִגְדָּלֶֽיהָ) thereof.
- Psalms 61:3 — For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower (מִגְדַּל) from the enemy.
- Proverbs 18:10 — The name of the LORD is a strong tower (מִגְדַּל): the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- Song of Songs 4:4 — Thy neck is like the tower (כְּמִגְדַּ֤ל) of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
- Song of Songs 5:13 — His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers (מִגְדְּל֖וֹת): his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
- Song of Songs 7:4 — Thy neck is as a tower (כְּמִגְדַּ֣ל) of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
- Song of Songs 7:4 — Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower (כְּמִגְדַּ֣ל) of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
- Song of Songs 8:10 — I am a wall, and my breasts like towers (כַּמִּגְדָּל֑וֹת): then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
- Isaiah 2:15 — And upon every high tower (מִגְדָּ֣ל), and upon every fenced wall,
- Isaiah 5:2 — And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower (מִגְדָּל֙) in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
- Isaiah 30:25 — And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers (מִגְדָּלִֽים) fall.
- Isaiah 33:18 — Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers (הַמִּגְדָּלִֽים)?
- Jeremiah 31:38 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower (מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל) of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
- Ezekiel 26:4 — And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers (מִגְדָּלֶ֔יהָ): I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
- Ezekiel 26:9 — And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers (וּמִ֨גְדְּלֹתַ֔יִךְ).
- Ezekiel 27:11 — The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers (בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ): they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
- Micah 4:8 — And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 14:10 — All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower (וּמִגְדַּ֣ל) of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.