Walls

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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