Tower in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Watch-towers or fortified posts in frontier or exposed situations are mentioned in Scripture, as the tower of Edar, etc., Ge 35:21; Isa 21:5,8,11; Mic 4:8 etc.; the tower of Lebanon. 2Sa 8:6 Besides these military structures, we read in Scripture of towers built in vineyards as an almost necessary appendage to them. 1Sa 5:2; Mt 22:33; Mr 12:1 Such towers are still in use in Israel in vineyards, especially near Hebron, and are used as lodges for the keepers of the vineyards.