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Walls Scripture - 1 Kings 6:5

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:...

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Walls in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

wol. See ARCHITECTURE; CITY; FORTIFICATION; HOUSE; JERUSALEM; VILLAGE....

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Walls Scripture - 1 Kings 6:6

The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house....

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City Walls in Naves Topical Bible

Of Bashan, destroyed by the Israelites De 3:5,6 -Of Jericho Jos 2:15; 6 -Of Jerusalem See JERUSALEM -Of Babylon Jer 51:44 -Broad Jer 51:58 -Of Beth-shan 1Sa 31:10 -Of Rabbah 2Sa 11:20 -Of Abel 2Sa 20:15,21 -Houses built upon Jos 2:15 -Double 2Ki 25:4; Isa 22:11 -Sentinels on See WATCHMAN -FIGURATIVE Of the new Jerusalem Re 2...

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Walls Scripture - 1 Chronicles 29:4

[Even] three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses [withal]:...

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Walls in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Only a few points need be noticed. 1. The practice common in Israel of carrying foundations down to the solid rock, as in the case of the temple, with structures intended to be permanent. Lu 6:48 2. A feature of some parts of Solomon's buildings, as described by Josephus, corresponds remarkably to the method adopted at Nineveh of incrusting o...

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Walls Scripture - Ezekiel 41:13

So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;...

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Walls in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled villages" (Ezek. 38:11; Lev. 25:29-34). They were made thick and strong (Num. 13:28; Deut. 3:5). Among the Jews walls were built of stone, some of those in the temple being of great size (1 Kings 6:7; 7:9-12; 20:30; Mark 13:1, 2). The term is used metaphorically of security ...

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Walls Scripture - Lamentations 2:7

The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast....

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Walls in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(See HOUSE.) Foundations were often carried down to the solid rock, as in the case of the temple. The foundation stones are often of enormous size, 20 to 30 ft. long, by three to 6 ft. 6 inches wide, and five to 7 ft. 6 inches thick; three at Baalbek are each 68 ft. long, and one in the quarry 68 ft. 4 in. long, 17 ft. 2 in. broad, and 14 ft. ...

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