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While the term "outpost" itself is not explicitly used in the Bible, the concept is evident in various passages that describe military encampments, watchtowers, and fortified cities. These served as protective measures for the Israelites and other ancient Near Eastern peoples.<br><br><b>Biblical Context and Examples</b><br><br>1. <b>Watchtowers and Fortified Cities</b>: In ancient Israel, watchtowers were often built in vineyards or on city walls to serve as lookout points. These structures functioned similarly to outposts by providing early warning of approaching enemies. <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Isaiah 5:2</a> mentions a watchtower in a vineyard: "He dug it up, cleared out its stones, and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle of it and dug out a winepress as well. He expected it to yield good grapes, but it produced only worthless ones."<br><br>2. <b>Military Encampments</b>: The Israelites frequently established military encampments during their wilderness wanderings and conquests in Canaan. These encampments can be seen as temporary outposts. For example, in <a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm">Numbers 33</a>, the Israelites' journey is described with a series of encampments, each serving as a temporary base of operations as they moved toward the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b>Strategic Locations</b>: Certain cities and locations served as strategic outposts due to their geographical significance. For instance, the city of Jericho was a fortified city that acted as a gateway to the interior of Canaan. Its capture by the Israelites, as described in <a href="/bsb/joshua/6.htm">Joshua 6</a>, was crucial for their subsequent military campaigns.<br><br>4. <b>David's Strongholds</b>: King David utilized natural fortifications as outposts during his time fleeing from Saul. The stronghold of En Gedi, mentioned in <a href="/1_samuel/23-29.htm">1 Samuel 23:29</a>, served as a refuge and strategic base for David and his men: "And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi."<br><br>5. <b>Nehemiah's Wall</b>: The rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls under Nehemiah can be seen as establishing a fortified outpost to protect the city and its inhabitants from surrounding threats. <a href="/nehemiah/4-17.htm">Nehemiah 4:17-18</a> describes the workers who rebuilt the wall while armed, highlighting the defensive nature of their efforts: "Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens did their work with one hand and held a weapon with the other. Each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked."<br><br><b>Theological Significance</b><br><br>The concept of outposts in the Bible underscores the importance of vigilance, preparedness, and strategic planning in the face of spiritual and physical threats. Just as ancient Israel relied on outposts for protection and early warning, believers are called to be watchful and ready in their spiritual lives. <a href="/ephesians/6-11.htm">Ephesians 6:11-12</a> exhorts Christians to "put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."<br><br>In summary, while the term "outpost" is not directly mentioned in the Bible, the concept is woven throughout the narrative of Israel's history, serving as a reminder of the need for vigilance and strategic defense in both physical and spiritual realms.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A post or station outside the limits of a camp, for observation of the enemy.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) The troops placed at such a station.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5440.htm"><span class="l">5440. phulakterion -- an <b>outpost</b>, fortification, an amulet</span></a> <br><b>...</b> an <b>outpost</b>, fortification, an amulet. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration:<br> phulakterion Phonetic Spelling: (foo-lak-tay'-ree-on) Short Definition: a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5440.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/sayce/early_israel_and_the_surrounding_nations/introduction.htm"><span class="l">Introduction</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It was the <b>outpost</b> of western Asia on the side of the Mediterranean, as England<br> is the <b>outpost</b> of Europe on the side of the Atlantic; and just as the Atlantic <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/introduction.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wilson-carmichael/things_as_they_are/chapter_i_about_the_book.htm"><span class="l">About the Book</span></a> <br><b>...</b> We had come from the eastern side of this South Indian district, to work for awhile<br> in the south of the South, the farthest southern <b>outpost</b> of the CMS in India <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter i about the book.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/an_unwalled_city.htm"><span class="l">An Unwalled City</span></a> <br><b>...</b> We can picture to ourselves some little garrison holding a lonely <b>outpost</b> against<br> lurking savages ready to attack if ever the defenders slacken their vigilance <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/an unwalled city.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/vii_the_breach_with_gregory_of.htm"><span class="l">The Breach with Gregory of Nazianzus.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> for Basil is that just possibly he was consulting for the interest of the Church,<br> and meaning to honour his friend, by placing Gregory in an <b>outpost</b> of peril <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/vii the breach with gregory of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/percival/sermons_at_rugby/xv_the_conflict_with_evil.htm"><span class="l">The Conflict with Evil.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> reminding us that, no matter how pleasant or attractive the temptation may seem<br> to be, or how trifling the sin that it suggests, it is in fact an <b>outpost</b> of a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/percival/sermons at rugby/xv the conflict with evil.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pamphilius/church_history/chapter_xxiii_narrative_concerning_john_the.htm"><span class="l">Narrative Concerning John the Apostle.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> me, and let some one show me the way.' He rode away from the church just as he was,<br> and coming to the place, he was taken prisoner by the robbers' <b>outpost</b>. 15. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xxiii narrative concerning john the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/carpenter/the_angel_adjutant_of_twice_born_men/iv_early_battles.htm"><span class="l">Early Battles</span></a> <br><b>...</b> showing how the people listened and obeyed God's word. After the meeting, saw the<br> soldiers, who were on <b>outpost</b> duty, going off in the best of spirits. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/iv early battles.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_from_the_morningland/introduction.htm"><span class="l">Introduction</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And this is the task to which the Greek Church addresses herself, to carry the<br> blessings of Christianity to the farthest Russian <b>outpost</b>, and to keep the flame <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/brownlie/hymns from the morningland/introduction.htm</font><p><a href="/library/whipple/five_sermons/iii_sermon_at_the_second.htm"><span class="l">Sermon at the Second Annual Meeting of the Missionary Council in <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to take in all the poor and the sorrowful of his diocese; Harris, every whit a great<br> leader in our Israel; Dunlop, the soldier on the <b>outpost</b>, often debarred <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/whipple/five sermons/iii sermon at the second.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hutton/history_of_the_moravian_church/chapter_vi_the_foreign_missions.htm"><span class="l">The Foreign Missions and their Influence.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He began his labours at a military <b>outpost</b> in the Sweet-Milk Valley, about fifty<br> miles east of Cape Town; but finding the company of soldiers dangerous to the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter vi the foreign missions.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/outpost.htm"><span class="l"><b>Outpost</b> (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Outpost</b> (7 Occurrences). <b>...</b> (Root in DBY NIV). 1 Samuel 13:3 And Jonathan smote the<br><b>outpost</b> of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outpost.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gezer.htm"><span class="l">Gezer (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The hill stands, like an <b>outpost</b>, projecting into the great plain, and is connected<br> with the low hills behind it, part of the Shephelah, with but a narrow neck <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gezer.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jonathan.htm"><span class="l">Jonathan (109 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Midway between the two camps was a Philistine <b>outpost</b> at Geba, facing Michmash across<br> the pass of that name, a valley with steep sides, now the Wady Suweinit. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jonathan.htm - 59k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/out-places.htm"><span class="l">Out-places (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Out-places. Out-place, Out-places. <b>Outpost</b> . Multi-Version Concordance<br> Out-places (22 Occurrences). <b>...</b> (YLT). Out-place, Out-places. <b>Outpost</b> . Reference <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/out-places.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/outposts.htm"><span class="l">Outposts (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outposts.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cappadocia.htm"><span class="l">Cappadocia (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> and Sayce, show that in the era of Khammurabi (see HAMMURABI) this extensive ruin<br> on the ox-bow of the Halys and near Caesarea Mazaca, was an <b>outpost</b> of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cappadocia.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm"><span class="l">Solomon (277 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8:2-6). Among his great undertakings must also be mentioned the building of Tadmor<br> (qv) in the wilderness as a commercial depot, as well as a military <b>outpost</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/solomon.htm - 101k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm"><span class="l">Saul (371 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> his armour-bearer went down into the wady, and on their hands and knees climbed<br> to the top of the narrow rocky ridge called Bozez, where was the <b>outpost</b> of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/saul.htm - 76k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/damascus.htm"><span class="l">Damascus (58 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Afterward, under the early Byzantine emperor, Damascus, though important as an <b>outpost</b><br> of civilization on the edge of the desert, continued to be second to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/damascus.htm - 45k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jericho-in-the-Bible.html">What is the significance of Jericho in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jonathan-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Jonathan in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/millenarianism.html">What is millenarianism? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/outpost.htm">Outpost: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Outpost (7 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-5.htm">1 Samuel 10:5</a></span><br />After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where are the outposts of the Philistines; and it shall come to pass, when thou comest thither, into the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with lute and tambour and pipe and harp before them; and they themselves prophesying.<br /><span class="source">(Root in DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-3.htm">1 Samuel 13:3</a></span><br />And Jonathan smote the <span class="boldtext">outpost</span> of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/13-4.htm">1 Samuel 13:4</a></span><br />All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-1.htm">1 Samuel 14:1</a></span><br />Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side." But he didn't tell his father.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-4.htm">1 Samuel 14:4</a></span><br />Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-6.htm">1 Samuel 14:6</a></span><br />Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no restraint on Yahweh to save by many or by few."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/14-11.htm">1 Samuel 14:11</a></span><br />And both of them disclosed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines; and the Philistines said: 'Behold Hebrews coming forth out of the holes where they hid themselves.' <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/o/outpost.htm">Outpost</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/outpost.htm">Outpost (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/patrol.htm">Patrol (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/outpoured.htm">Outpoured (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/en-dor.htm">En-dor (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/endor.htm">Endor (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/semites.htm">Semites</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/semitic.htm">Semitic</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul (371 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David (1052 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/religion.htm">Religion (23 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/o/out-places.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Out-places"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Out-places" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/o/outposts.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Outposts"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Outposts" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>