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Bibliography InformationTorrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Walls'". "The New Topical Text Book".. 1897.
- Designed for separation
Ezekiel 43:8 ; Ephesians 2:14 - Designed for defence
1 Samuel 25:16 - MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Of cities
Numbers 13:28
- Of temples
1 Chronicles 29:4 ; Isaiah 56:5
- Of houses
1 Samuel 18:11
- Of vineyards
Numbers 22:24 ; Proverbs 24:31
- Of cities
- Frequently made of stone and wood together
Ezra 5:8 ; Habakkuk 2:11 - Were probably often strengthened with plates of iron or brass
Jeremiah 15:20 ; Ezekiel 4:3 - OF CITIES
- Often very high
Deuteronomy 1:28 ; 3:5
- Strongly fortified
Isaiah 2:15 ; 25:12
- Had towers built on them
2 Chronicles 26:9 ; 32:5 ; Psalms 48:12 ; Solomon 8:10
- Houses often built on
Joshua 2:15
- Were broad and places of public resort
2 Kings 6:26 2 Kings 6:30 ; Psalms 55:10
- Were strongly manned in war
2 Kings 18:26
- Kept by watchmen night and day
Solomon 5:7 ; Isaiah 62:6
- Houses sometimes broken down to repair, and fortify
Isaiah 22:10
- Danger of approaching too near to, in time of war
2 Samuel 11:20 2 Samuel 11:21
- Were battered by besieging armies
2 Samuel 20:15 ; Ezekiel 4:2 Ezekiel 4:3
- Adroitness of soldiers in scaling alluded to
Joel 2:7-9
- Sometimes burned
Jeremiah 49:27 ; Amos 1:7
- Frequently laid in ruins
2 Chronicles 25:23 ; 36:19 ; Jeremiah 50:15
- Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief
Deuteronomy 28:52 ; Nehemiah 1:3 ; 2:12-17
- The falling of, sometimes occasioned great destruction
1 Kings 20:30
- The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace
1 Samuel 31:10
- Custom of dedicating
Nehemiah 12:27
- idolatrous rites performed on
2 Kings 3:27
- Instances of persons let down from
Joshua 2:15 ; Acts 9:24 Acts 9:25 ; 2 Corinthians 11:33
- Often very high
- Small towns and villages were not surrounded by
Leviticus 25:31 ; Deuteronomy 3:5 - OF HOUSES
- Usually plastered
Ezekiel 13:10 ; Daniel 5:5
- Had nails or pegs fastened into them when built
Ecclesiastes 12:11 ; Isaiah 22:23
- Liable to leprosy
Leviticus 14:37
- Often infested with serpents
Amos 5:19
- Could be easily dug through
Genesis 49:6 ; Ezekiel 8:7 Ezekiel 8:8 ; 12:5
- The seat next, was the place of distinction
1 Samuel 20:25
- Usually plastered
- Hyssop frequently grew on
1 Kings 4:33 - MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- Falling of the walls of Jericho
Joshua 6:20
- Handwriting on the wall of Belshazzars palace
Daniel 5:5 Daniel 5:25-28
- Falling of the walls of Jericho
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of salvation
Isaiah 26:1 ; 60:18
- Of the protection of God
Zechariah 2:5
- Of those who afford protection
1 Samuel 25:16 ; Isaiah 2:15
- Of the Church as a protection to the nation
Song of Solomon 8:9 Song of Solomon 8:10
- Of ordinances as a protection to the Church
Solomon 2:9 ; Isaiah 5:5
- Of the wealth of the rich in his own conceit
Proverbs 18:11
- (Brazen,) of prophets in their testimony against the wicked
Jeremiah 15:20
- (Bowing or tottering,) of the wicked under judgments
Psalms 62:3 ; Isaiah 30:13
- (Of partition,) of separation of Jews and Gentiles
Ephesians 2:14
- (Daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets
Ezekiel 13:10-15
- (Whited,) of hypocrites
Acts 23:3
- Of salvation
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bibliography InformationTorrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Walls'". "The New Topical Text Book".