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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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Towers Scripture - 2 Chronicles 27:4

Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers....

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Towers Scripture - Ezekiel 27:11

The men of Arvad with thine army [were] upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect....

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Towers Scripture - 2 Chronicles 26:10

Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry....

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Towers Were Part of the wall

TOWERS The Oriental city has had two types of towers located in it. First was the tower constructed as a part of the city wall. At this point the wall was built higher and served as a fortification. The approach of an enemy could be sighted from here, and weapons hurled down upon men who attempted to take the city. Almost every gate of any conseq...

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Fortress Towers Were Separate From the Wall

Second was a citadel tower or fortress which was built apart from the wall and on higher ground than the rest of the city, and thus served to defend the city. The tower of Shechem referred to in the story of Abimelech was doubtless this sort of tower (Judges 9:46). [Manners And Customs of Bible Lands]...

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