TOWERS

Thompson Chain Reference (1934)

Genesis 11:5 Genesis 35:21 Judges 8:9 Judges 9:47 2 Kings 9:17 2 Chronicles 26:9 Nehemiah 3:11 Matthew 21:33 Luke 13:4 Luke 14:28

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Origin and antiquity of

Frequently very high

Frequently strong and well fortified

Judges 9:51 2 Chronicles 26:9

Were used as armouries

Song of Solomon 4:4

Were used as citadels in time of war

Judges 9:51 Ezekiel 27:11

Watchmen posted on, in times of danger

2 Kings 9:17 Habakkuk 2:1

Of Jerusalem remarkable for number, strength, and beauty

Frequently thrown down in war

Judges 8:17 Judges 9:49 Ezekiel 26:4

Frequently left desolate

Isaiah 32:14 Zephaniah 3:6

WERE BUILT

In cities

On the walls of cities

2 Chronicles 14:7 2 Chronicles 26:9

In the forests

2 Chronicles 27:4

In the deserts

2 Chronicles 26:10

In vineyards

Isaiah 5:2 Matthew 21:33

MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

Babel

Edar

Penuel

Shechem

Thebez

Judges 9:50 Judges 9:51

David

Song of Solomon 4:4

Lebanon

Song of Solomon 7:4

Of the furnaces

Meah

Jezreel

Hananeel

Jeremiah 31:38 Zechariah 14:10

Syene

Ezekiel 29:10 Ezekiel 30:6

Siloam

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

God as the protector of his people

2 Samuel 22:3 2 Samuel 22:51 Psalms 18:2 Psalms 61:3

The name of the Lord

Ministers

Mount Sion

The grace and dignity of the church

Song of Solomon 4:4 Song of Solomon 7:4 Song of Solomon 8:10

The proud and haughty

Isaiah 2:15 Isaiah 30:25