Towers

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 21:33

Frequently 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 13:4

Of 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
- Isa 2:15; 30:25
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