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the Second Week after Easter
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Bible Encyclopedias
Rampart
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(חֵיל, cheyl, Lamentations 2:8; Nahum 3:8; elsewhere "trench," "bulwark," etc.), a fortification or low wall surrounding and protecting a military trench (2 Samuel 20:15; Isaiah 26:1, etc.; comp. 1 Kings 21:23; Psalms 48:14). (See ARMY); (See SIEGE). In the Talmud the Hebrew word is applied to'the interior space surrounding the wall of the Temple (Lightfoot, Opp. ii, 193). (See TEMPLE).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Rampart'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/r/rampart.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Rampart'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/r/rampart.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
