Bible Concordances
Towers

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• Origin and antiquity of
  Genesis 11:4

• WERE BUILT
  • In cities
    Judges 9:51
  • On the walls of cities
    2 Chronicles 14:7; 26:9
  • In the forests
    2 Chronicles 27:4
  • In the deserts
    2 Chronicles 26:10
  • In vineyards
    Isaiah 5:2; Matthew 21:33

• Frequently very high
  Isaiah 2:15

• 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

• MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
  • Babel
    Genesis 11:9
  • Edar
    Genesis 35:21
  • Penuel
    Judges 8:17
  • Shechem
    Judges 9:46
  • Thebez
    Judges 9:50,51
  • David
    Song of Solomon 4:4
  • Lebanon
    Song of Solomon 7:4
  • Of the furnaces
    Nehemiah 3:11
  • Meah
    Nehemiah 12:39
  • Jezreel
    2 Kings 9:17
  • Hananeel
    Jeremiah 31:38; Zechariah 14:10
  • Syene
    Ezekiel 29:10; 30:6
  • Siloam
    Luke 13:4

• Of Jerusalem remarkable for number, strength, and beauty
  Psalm 48:12

• Frequently thrown down in war
  Judges 8:17; 9:49; Ezekiel 26:4

• Frequently left desolate
  Isaiah 32:14; Zephaniah 3:6

• ILLUSTRATIVE OF
  • God as the protector of his people
    2 Samuel 22:3,51; Psalm 18:2; 61:3
  • The name of the Lord
    Proverbs 18:10
  • Ministers
    Jeremiah 6:27
  • Mount Sion
    Micah 4:8
  • The grace and dignity of the church
    Song of Solomon 4:4; 7:4; 8:10
  • The proud and haughty
    Isaiah 2:15; 30:25