2-Chronicles - 11:11



11 He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.

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And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine.
And when he had enclosed them with walls, he put in them governors and storehouses of provisions, that is, of oil and of wine.
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of provisions, and of oil and wine.
And he strengtheneth the bulwarks, and putteth in them leaders, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,
And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.
And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and oil and wine.
And when he had enclosed them with walls, he placed in them rulers, and storehouses of provisions, that is, of oil and wine.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Store of victual - In these places he laid up stores of provisions, not only to enable them to endure a siege; but also that they might be able, from their situation, to supply desolate places.

And he fortified the strong holds,.... Of these and other cities:
and put captains in them; garrisons of soldiers, with captains over them to defend them:
and store of victual, and of oil and wine; that they might be able to hold out a siege, should they be attacked.

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