Walls
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; Song 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. -- Song 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. -- Song 8:9,10. Of ordinances as a protection to the Church. -- Song 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 22:20. (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.