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
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; Psalm 48:12; Song of Solomon 8:10
Houses often built on
Joshua 2:15
Were broad and places of public resort
2 Kings 6:26,30; Psalm 55:10
Were strongly manned in war
2 Kings 18:26
Kept by watchmen night and day
Song of 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 11:20,21
Were battered by besieging armies
2 Samuel 20:15; Ezekiel 4:2,3
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 9:24,25; 2 Corinthians 11:33
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 8:7,8; 12:5
The seat next, was the place of distinction
1 Samuel 20:25
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 Belshazzar's palace
Daniel 5:5,25-28
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 8:9,10
Of ordinances as a protection to the Church
Song of 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
Psalm 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
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