WALLS
WALLS
- Designed for separation # Eze 43:8 Eph 2:14
- Designed for defence # 1Sa 25:16
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 3a) Of cities
# Nu 13:28
3b) Of temples # 1Ch 29:4 Isa 56:5 3c) Of houses # 1Sa 18:11 3d) Of vineyards # Nu 22:24 Pr 24:31 4) Frequently made of stone and wood together # Ezr 5:8 Hab 2:11 5) Were probably often strengthened with plates of iron or brass # Jer 15:20 Eze 4:3 6) OF CITIES 6a) Often very high # De 1:28 3:5 6b) Strongly fortified # Isa 2:15 25:12 6c) Had towers built on them # 2Ch 26:9 32:5 Ps 48:12 So 8:10 6d) Houses often built on # Jos 2:15 6e) Were broad and places of public resort # 2Ki 6:26,30 Ps 55:10 6f) Were strongly manned in war # 2Ki 18:26 6g) Kept by watchmen night and day # So 5:7 Isa 62:6 6h) Houses sometimes broken down to repair, and fortify # Isa 22:10 6i) Danger of approaching too near to, in time of war # 2Sa 11:20,21 6j) Were battered by besieging armies # 2Sa 20:15 Eze 4:2,3 6k) Adroitness of soldiers in scaling alluded to # Joe 2:7-9 6l) Sometimes burned # Jer 49:27 Am 1:7 6m) Frequently laid in ruins # 2Ch 25:23 36:19 Jer 50:15 6n) Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief # De 28:52 Ne 1:3 2:12-17 6o) The falling of, sometimes occasioned great destruction # 1Ki 20:30 6p) The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace # 1Sa 31:10 6q) Custom of dedicating # Ne 12:27 6r) idolatrous rites performed on # 2Ki 3:27 6s) Instances of persons let down from # Jos 2:15 Ac 9:24,25 2Co 11:33 7) Small towns and villages were not surrounded by # Le 25:31 De 3:5 8) OF HOUSES 8a) Usually plastered # Eze 13:10 Da 5:5 8b) Had nails or pegs fastened into them when built # Ec 12:11 Isa 22:23 8c) Liable to leprosy # Le 14:37 8d) Often infested with serpents # Am 5:19 8e) Could be easily dug through # Ge 49:6 Eze 8:7,8 12:5 8f) The seat next, was the place of distinction # 1Sa 20:25 9) Hyssop frequently grew on # 1Ki 4:33 10) MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH 10a) Falling of the walls of Jericho # Jos 6:20 10b) Handwriting on the wall of Belshazzar’s palace # Da 5:5,25-28 11) ILLUSTRATIVE 11a) Of salvation # Isa 26:1 60:18 11b) Of the protection of God # Zec 2:5 11c) Of those who afford protection # 1Sa 25:16 Isa 2:15 11d) Of the Church as a protection to the nation # So 8:9,10 11e) Of ordinances as a protection to the Church # So 2:9 Isa 5:5 11f) Of the wealth of the rich in his own conceit # Pr 18:11 11g) (Brazen,) of prophets in their testimony against the wicked # Jer 22:20 11h) (Bowing or tottering,) of the wicked under judgments # Ps 62:3 Isa 30:13 11i) (Of partition,) of separation of Jews and Gentiles # Eph 2:14 11j) (Daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets # Eze 13:10-15 11k) (Whited,) of hypocrites # Ac 23:3