- Designed for separation

Eze 43:8; Eph 2:14



- Designed for defence

1Sa 25:16



- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

. Of cities

Nu 13:28



. Of temples

1Ch 29:4; Isa 56:5



. Of houses

1Sa 18:11



. Of vineyards

Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31



- Frequently made of stone and wood together

Ezr 5:8; Hab 2:11



- Were probably often strengthened with plates of iron or brass

Jer 15:20; Eze 4:3



- OF CITIES

. Often very high

De 1:28; 3:5



. Strongly fortified

Isa 2:15; 25:12



. Had towers built on them

2Ch 26:9; 32:5; Ps 48:12; So 8:10



. Houses often built on

Jos 2:15



. Were broad and places of public resort

2Ki 6:26,30; Ps 55:10



. Were strongly manned in war

2Ki 18:26



. Kept by watchmen night and day

So 5:7; Isa 62:6



. Houses sometimes broken down to repair, and fortify

Isa 22:10



. Danger of approaching too near to, in time of war

2Sa 11:20,21



. Were battered by besieging armies

2Sa 20:15; Eze 4:2,3



. Adroitness of soldiers in scaling alluded to

Joe 2:7-9



. Sometimes burned

Jer 49:27; Am 1:7



. Frequently laid in ruins

2Ch 25:23; 36:19; Jer 50:15



. Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief

De 28:52; Ne 1:3; 2:12-17



. The falling of, sometimes occasioned great destruction

1Ki 20:30



. The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace

1Sa 31:10



. Custom of dedicating

Ne 12:27



. idolatrous rites performed on

2Ki 3:27



. Instances of persons let down from

Jos 2:15; Ac 9:24,25; 2Co 11:33



- Small towns and villages were not surrounded by

Le 25:31; De 3:5



- OF HOUSES

. Usually plastered

Eze 13:10; Da 5:5



. Had nails or pegs fastened into them when built

Ec 12:11; Isa 22:23



. Liable to leprosy

Le 14:37



. Often infested with serpents

Am 5:19



. Could be easily dug through

Ge 49:6; Eze 8:7,8; 12:5



. The seat next, was the place of distinction

1Sa 20:25



- Hyssop frequently grew on

1Ki 4:33



- MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH

. Falling of the walls of Jericho

Jos 6:20



. Handwriting on the wall of Belshazzar's palace

Da 5:5,25-28



- ILLUSTRATIVE

. Of salvation

Isa 26:1; 60:18



. Of the protection of God

Zec 2:5



. Of those who afford protection

1Sa 25:16; Isa 2:15



. Of the Church as a protection to the nation

So 8:9,10



. Of ordinances as a protection to the Church

So 2:9; Isa 5:5



. Of the wealth of the rich in his own conceit

Pr 18:11



. (Brazen,) of prophets in their testimony against the wicked

Jer 15:20



. (Bowing or tottering,) of the wicked under judgments

Ps 62:3; Isa 30:13



. (Of partition,) of separation of Jews and Gentiles

Eph 2:14



. (Daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false

prophets

Eze 13:10-15



. (Whited,) of hypocrites

Ac 23:3