City Walls
[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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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall
be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with
fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the
fire, and they shall be weary....
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See ARCHITECTURE; CITY; FORTIFICATION; HOUSE; JERUSALEM;
VILLAGE....
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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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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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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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(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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The altar of wood [was] three cubits high, and the length
thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length
thereof, and the walls thereof, [were] of wood: and he said
unto me, This [is] the table that [is] before the LORD....
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And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and
fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all
thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates
throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given
thee....
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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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