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Towers
Origin and antiquity of - Ge 11:4
WERE BUILT
- In cities
- Jud 9:51- On the walls of cities
- 2Ch 14:7; 26:9- In the forests
- 2Ch 27:4- In the deserts
- 2Ch 26:10- In vineyards
- Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33Frequently very high - Isa 2:15
Frequently strong and well fortified - Jud 9:51; 2Ch 26:9
Were used as armouries - So 4:4
Were used as citadels in time of war - Jud 9:51; Eze 27:11
Watchmen posted on, in times of danger - 2Ki 9:17; Hab 2:1
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Babel
- Ge 11:9- Edar
- Ge 35:21- Penuel
- Jud 8:17- Shechem
- Jud 9:46- Thebez
- Jud 9:50,51- David
- So 4:4- Lebanon
- So 7:4- Of the furnaces
- Ne 3:11- Meah
- Ne 12:39- Jezreel
- 2Ki 9:17- Hananeel
- Jer 31:38; Zec 14:10- Syene
- Eze 29:10; 30:6- Siloam
- Lu 13:4Of Jerusalem remarkable for number, strength, and beauty - Ps 48:12
Frequently thrown down in war - Jud 8:17; 9:49; Eze 26:4
Frequently left desolate - Isa 32:14; Zep 3:6
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- God as the protector of his people
- 2Sa 22:3,51; Ps 18:2; 61:3- The name of the Lord
- Pr 18:10- Ministers
- Jer 6:27- Mount Sion
- Mic 4:8- The grace and dignity of the church
- So 4:4; 7:4; 8:10- The proud and haughty
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