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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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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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Clay in Easton's Bible Dictionary

This word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets (Isa. 57:20; Jer. 38:60), of dust mixed with spittle (John 9:6), and of potter's clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:14; Jer. 18:1- 6; Rom. 9:21). Clay was used for sealing (Job 38:14; Jer. 32:14). Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed (Matt. 27:66). The practice of sealing doors with clay...

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Cities Scripture - 1 Kings 9:11

([Now] Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee....

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Villages Scripture - 1 Samuel 6:18

And the golden mice, [according to] the number of all the cities of the Philistines [belonging] to the five lords, [both] of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great [stone of] Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: [which stone remaineth] unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite....

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Gates in Naves Topical Bible

Of cities De 3:5; Jos 6:26; 1Sa 23:7; 2Sa 18:24; 2Ch 8:5 -Made of iron Ac 12:10 -Made of wood Ne 1:3 -Made of brass Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2 -Double doors Isa 45:1; Eze 41:24 -The open square of, a place for idlers Ge 19:1; 1Sa 4:18; Ps 69:12; Pr 1:21; Jer 17:19,20 -Religious services held at Ac 14:13 -The law read at Ne 8 -The place for...

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Gates Scripture - 2 Chronicles 31:2

And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD....

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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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