City Walls
(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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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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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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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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See ARCHITECTURE; CITY; FORTIFICATION; HOUSE; JERUSALEM;
VILLAGE....
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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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The Oriental Town or City
WALLS
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CITY AND VILLAGE, AS TO WALLS. In early Old Testament times the villages were smaller places of abode without walls around them, whereas the cities or towns were larger places that had walls around them. The Mosaic Law made such a distinction: "If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city" (Le...
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