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Towers Scripture - Isaiah 23:13

Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, [till] the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; [and] he brought it to ruin....

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Tower in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

tou'-er. See FORTIFICATION, I, 5; CITY, II, 1....

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Towers Scripture - 2 Chronicles 32:5

Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo [in] the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance....

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Tower in Naves Topical Bible

Of Babel Ge 11:1-9 -Of Edar Ge 35:21 -Of Penuel Jud 8:8,9,17 -Of Shechem Jud 9:46,49 -Of Meah Ne 3:1; 12:39 -Of Hananeel Ne 3:1; 12:39; Jer 31:38; Zec 14:10 -Of David So 4:4 -Of Syene Eze 29:10 -Of Siloam Lu 13:4 -In the walls of Jerusalem 2Ch 26:9; 32:5; Ne 12:38,39 -Of other cities 2Ch 14:7 -In the desert 2Ch 26:10 -For wa...

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Towers Scripture - 2 Chronicles 26:15

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong....

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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 ...

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Towers Scripture - 2 Chronicles 26:9

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them....

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Towers in Easton's Bible Dictionary

of Babel (Gen. 11:4), Edar (Gen. 35:21), Penuel (Judg. 8:9, 17), Shechem (9:46), David (Cant. 4:4), Lebanon (7:4), Syene (Ezek. 29:10), Hananeel (Zech. 14:10), Siloam (Luke 13:4). There were several towers in Jerusalem (2 Chr. 26:9; Ps. 48:12). They were erected for various purposes, as watch-towers in vineyard (Isa. 5:2; Matt. 21:33) and...

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Towers Scripture - Isaiah 30:25

And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers [and] streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall....

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Towers in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Used as parts of city walls, or separate, as EDAR, LEBANON, etc., to defend wells, flocks, or commerce (2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Chronicles 27:4; Genesis 35:21; Micah 4:8). Also attached to vineyards, as lodges for the keepers, wherein they could watch against the depredations of man or beast (Isaiah 5:2; Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1)....

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