Were erected not only in the outer walls and on the heights within cities, Jdg 9:47-49 Psa 48:12 Luk 13:4, but along the frontiers of a country, at points where the approach of an enemy could be descried at a distance, Jdg 9:17 Isa 21:6-9 Eze 33:2-6 . A tower afforded a refuge to the surrounding inhabitants, in case of invasion; and often, when most of a city was subdued, the tower or citadel remained impregnable.So God is a strong and safe protector of his people, Psa 18:2 61:8 Pr 18:10. A slight tower or look-out was often erected for the keeper of a vineyard or flock, 2Ch 26:10 Isa 5:2 Mic 4:8 Mat 21:33 ; and travelers in Palestine see them in use at this day.<\/p>\n
of Babel (Gen. 11:4<\/span>), Edar (Gen. 35:21<\/span>), Penuel (Judg. 8:9<\/span>, 17<\/span>), Shechem (9:46), David (Cant. 4:4<\/span>), Lebanon (7:4), Syene (Ezek. 29:10<\/span>), Hananeel (Zech. 14:10<\/span>), Siloam (Luke 13:4<\/span>). There were several towers in Jerusalem (2 Chr. 26:9<\/span>; Ps. 48:12<\/span>). They were erected for various purposes, as watch-towers in vineyard (Isa. 5:2<\/span>; Matt. 21:33<\/span>) and towers for defence.<\/p>\n Used as parts of city walls, or separate, as EDAR, LEBANON, etc., to defend wells, flocks, or commerce (2Ch 26:10; 2Ch 27:4; Gen 35:21; Mic 4:8). Also attached to vineyards, as lodges for the keepers, wherein they could watch against the depredations of man or beast (Isa 5:2; Mat 21:33; Mar 12:1).<\/p>\n Gen 11:5<\/span>; Gen 35:21<\/span>; Jdg 8:9<\/span>; Jdg 9:47<\/span>; 2Ki 9:17<\/span>; 2Ch 26:9<\/span>; Neh 3:11<\/span><\/p>\n Mat 21:33<\/span>; Luk 13:4<\/span>; Luk 14:28 TOWERS Were erected not only in the outer walls and on the heights within cities, Jdg 9:47-49 Psa 48:12 Luk 13:4, but along the frontiers of a country, at points where the approach of an enemy could be descried at a distance, Jdg 9:17 Isa 21:6-9 Eze 33:2-6 . A tower afforded a refuge to … Continue reading “TOWERS”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Towers<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
TOWERS<\/h2>\n
<\/span><\/p>\nFuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"