Towers: Frequently Strong and Well Fortified

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Judges 9:51
But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and got them up to the top of the tower.
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2 Chronicles 26:9
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
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How one of the Towers Erected by the Romans Fell Down of Its Own ...
... out of their lighter engines from those towers, as they ... the Jews made violent sallies,
and that frequently also, and ... the wall, and that in a strong body, and ...
/.../chapter 7 how one of.htm

Two Fortresses
... Now that metaphor is frequently used to express the ... city of his defence, and telling
the towers thereof, 'The ... within the safe walls of the strong tower, and is ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/two fortresses.htm

How Trypho after He had Beaten Demetrius Delivered the Kingdom to ...
... and when he had made them very strong, both in ... adjoining stronger by very high towers;
and besides ... and Macedonians who dwelt there frequently sent ambassadors ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 5 how trypho after.htm

Mission Tours.
... We had to tell them frequently, that as the ... and the still loftier four minarets or
towers of the ... At times we encountered strong, bitter, and captious opposition ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xiv mission tours.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... The building was strong enough not only to defy ... barren oblong eminences which are
so frequently met with ... in form, were strengthened by towers, and surrounded ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

Concerning Masada and those Sicarii who Kept It; and How Silva ...
... precipices of the rock, and returns frequently into itself ... which had so many fortresses
and large towers to defend ... be the young men who will be strong enough in ...
/.../chapter 8 concerning masada and.htm

St. Malachy's Apostolic Labours, Praises and Miracles.
... of his hire.[598] Except that more frequently, making the ... They build lofty palaces,
raise up towers and ramparts to ... his very madness had made him strong to do ...
/.../chapter vi st malachys apostolic.htm

The Iranian Conquest
... guise of a young maiden, radiant and strong, with well ... form and squat appearance,
looking like towers flanked at ... an ass, or a stag was frequently offered: in ...
/.../chapter ithe iranian conquest.htm

The Close of the Theban Empire --(Continued)
... The walls of thy tomb are strong, thou hast ... as before: the workman, paid more frequently,
did not on ... gateway at the end placed between two quadrangular towers. ...
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And ii.
... and that which is far off a strong nation, and ... with the promise given to David, and
so frequently celebrated by ... The sight afforded by the towers in this steep ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chap i and ii.htm

Subtopics

Towers

Towers of Jerusalem Remarkable for Number, Strength, and Beauty

Towers of the Furnaces

Towers were Built in Cities

Towers were Built in the Deserts

Towers were Built in the Forests

Towers were Built in Vineyards

Towers were Built: On the Walls of Cities

Towers were Used As Armouries

Towers were Used As Citadels in Time of War

Towers: Babel