WALLS
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Designed for separation
Designed for defence
Frequently made of stone and wood together
Were probably often strengthened with plates of iron or brass
Small towns and villages were not surrounded by
Hyssop frequently grew on
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
Of cities
Of temples
Of houses
Of vineyards
OF CITIES
Often very high
Strongly fortified
Had towers built on them
Houses often built on
Were broad and places of public resort
Were strongly manned in war
Kept by watchmen night and day
Houses sometimes broken down to repair, and fortify
Danger of approaching too near to, in time of war
Were battered by besieging armies
Adroitness of soldiers in scaling alluded to
Sometimes burned
Frequently laid in ruins
Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief
The falling of, sometimes occasioned great destruction
The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace
Custom of dedicating
idolatrous rites performed on
Instances of persons let down from
OF HOUSES
Usually plastered
Had nails or pegs fastened into them when built
Liable to leprosy
Often infested with serpents
Could be easily dug through
The seat next, was the place of distinction
MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
Falling of the walls of Jericho
Handwriting on the wall of Belshazzar's palace
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of salvation
Of the protection of God
Of those who afford protection
Of the Church as a protection to the nation
Of ordinances as a protection to the Church
Of the wealth of the rich in his own conceit
(Brazen,) of prophets in their testimony against the wicked
(Bowing or tottering,) of the wicked under judgments
(Of partition,) of separation of Jews and Gentiles
(Daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets
(Whited,) of hypocrites