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2 Chronicles 14:7
Therefore he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
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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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Of the [Temple And] Cities that were Built by Herod and Erected ...
... it, with great ambition, and built round towers all about ... and for those of Ascalon
he built baths and ... as also cloisters round a court, that were admirable both ...
/.../chapter 21 of the temple.htm

How Solomon Fortified the City of Jerusalem, and Built Great ...
... and made them higher, with great towers upon them ... kings of Egypt from Menes, who
built Memphis, and ... than one thousand three hundred years, were called Pharaohs ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how solomon fortified.htm

The Conquest of Babylon.
... indeed, to a considerable extent, in Oriental cities, at the ... guarded by watch-towers
on the walls above ... The watch-towers were built on both the inner and outer ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter viii the conquest of.htm

Habakkuk-On his Watch-Tower
... Their city walls would rise up, all round their cities, into strong towers, both
for defence and for beauty. Immense towers were built also by the military ...
/.../whyte/lord teach us to pray/ix habakkuk-on his watch-tower.htm

How Jonathan Took the Government after his Brother Judas; And
... and Tinma, and Pharatho, and Tecoa, and Gazara, and built towers in every one of
these cities, and encompassed them with strong walls, that were very large also ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how jonathan took.htm

The Wars of the Jews or History of the Destruction of Jerusalem
... Of Jerusalem Was Demolished, Excepting Three Towers; And How ... Alexandria Also And
What Dangers They Were In There ... Temple Which Had Formerly Been Built By Onias ...
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Palestine under Pagan Kings.
... They were built of brick, cemented together with bitumen ... They had twenty gates made
of solid brass, and were surmounted with two hundred and fifty towers. ...
/.../headley/half hours in bible lands volume 2/palestine under pagan kings.htm

A Description of the Temple.
... of the tower of Antonia itself was built upon, to ... a tower, it contained also four
other distinct towers at its ... to the temple; and in that tower were the guards ...
/.../chapter 5 a description of 2.htm

Asa's Reformation, and Consequent Peace and victory
... cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and ... So they built and
prospered.8. And Asa had ... hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture g/asas reformation and consequent peace.htm

National Apostasy
... his trust in the "fenced cities in Judah" that he had built, with "walls, and towers,
gates, and ... Such thoughts as these were in the minds of the leaders. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 8 national apostasy.htm