TOWERS
TOWERS
- Origin and antiquity of # Ge 11:4
- WERE BUILT 2a) In cities
# Jud 9:51
2b) On the walls of cities # 2Ch 14:7 26:9 2c) In the forests # 2Ch 27:4 2d) In the deserts # 2Ch 26:10 2e) In vineyards # Isa 5:2 Mt 21:33 3) Frequently very high # Isa 2:15 4) Frequently strong and well fortified # Jud 9:51 2Ch 26:9 5) Were used as armouries # So 4:4 6) Were used as citadels in time of war # Jud 9:51 Eze 27:11 7) Watchmen posted on, in times of danger # 2Ki 9:17 Hab 2:1 8) MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 8a) Babel # Ge 11:9 8b) Edar # Ge 35:21 8c) Penuel # Jud 8:17 8d) Shechem # Jud 9:46 8e) Thebez # Jud 9:50,51 8f) David # So 4:4 8g) Lebanon # So 7:4 8h) Of the furnaces # Ne 3:11 8i) Meah # Ne 12:39 8j) Jezreel # 2Ki 9:17 8k) Hananeel # Jer 31:38 Zec 14:10 8l) Syene # Eze 29:10 30:6 8m) Siloam # Lu 13:4 9) Of Jerusalem remarkable for number, strength, and beauty # Ps 48:12 10) Frequently thrown down in war # Jud 8:17 9:49 Eze 26:4 11) Frequently left desolate # Isa 32:14 Zep 3:6 12) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 12a) God as the protector of his people # 2Sa 22:3,51 Ps 18:2 61:3 12b) The name of the Lord # Pr 18:10 12c) Ministers # Jer 6:27 12d) Mount Sion # Mic 4:8 12e) The grace and dignity of the church # So 4:4 7:4 8:10 12f) The proud and haughty # Isa 2:15 30:25