Bible Encyclopedia: Battlements

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Strong's Hebrew

8121. shemesh -- sun
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition sun NASB Word Usage battlements (1),
daylight (1), daylight* (1), east side* (2), east* (7), sun (109), sun's (1 ...
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Library

Storming the Battlements
... Storming the Battlements. A Sermon (No.38). Delivered on Sabbath Morning, September
16, 1855, by the. REV. CH SPURGEON. At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/storming the battlements.htm

The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
... the other. The walls are concentric, and so arranged that they rise one
above the other by the height of their battlements. The ...
/.../chapter iithe power of assyria 2.htm

The Description of Jerusalem.
... After this, it was erected with great diligence by the Jews, as high as twenty cubits,
above which it had battlements of two cubits, and turrets of three ...
/.../chapter 4 the description of.htm

The Young Titus
... to the blows and commands of the sentries there mounted, the citizens clambered
up on the fortifications and, with their chins on the battlements that stood ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter ix the young titus.htm

The Blasphemous Troops
... the house; but stood in the yard till I came, and then obliged me to go with him
into the street, where he said, You must pull down the battlements of your ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/the blasphemous troops.htm

The City Without Walls
... impossible that any real evil should pass and get at us, as it would be impossible
that any living thing should pass through the flaming battlements that the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the city without walls.htm

The Adventures of Saint Anthony of Italy.
... that the lovely Rosalinde, one of the daughters of the King of Georgia, who had
been taken captive by the Giant, looked over the battlements, and seeing his ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter seven the adventures of.htm

The First Theban Empire
... The walk round the ramparts was crowned by a slight, low parapet, with rounded
battlements, and was reached by narrow staircases carefully constructed in the ...
/.../chapter iiithe first theban empire.htm

Unrestrained Communion
... The Bridegroom replies:". If she be a wall,. We will build upon her battlements
of silver; And if she be a door,. We will enclose her with boards of cedar. ...
/.../taylor/union and communion/section vi unrestrained communion.htm

Christ Triumphant
... But chief and head amongst them is Satan; remembering well the ancient day Christ
hurled him from the battlements of heaven, he rushes with all his malice ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/christ triumphant.htm

Thesaurus

Battlements (5 Occurrences)
...Battlements (5 Occurrences). ... Isaiah 54:12 and I will make thy battlements of rubies,
and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of precious stones. ...
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Window (24 Occurrences)
... The word thus rendered in Isaiah 54:12 ought rather to be rendered "battlements"
(LXX., "bulwarks;" RV, "pinnacles"), or as Gesenius renders it, "notched ...
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Siege (63 Occurrences)
... Slingers placed upon the walls hurled stones upon the advancing enemy, and archers
from loopholes and protected battlements discharged arrows against the ...
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Battles (8 Occurrences)

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Corners (56 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to
be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great ...
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Invented (3 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 26:15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be
on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great ...
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Engines (4 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 26:15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be
on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great ...
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Defenses (8 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 26:15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be
on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great ...
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Demolished (15 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Zephaniah 3:6 I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate.
I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. ...
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Designed (14 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 26:15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be
on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great ...
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Bible Concordance

Battlements (5 Occurrences)

2 Chronicles 26:15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong.
(WEB ASV)

Isaiah 54:12 and I will make thy battlements of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of precious stones.
(DBY NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 5:10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Zephaniah 1:16 a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
(WEB ASV DBY RSV)

Zephaniah 3:6 I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.
(WEB ASV DBY RSV)

Subtopics

Battlements

Battlements: On the Roofs of Houses

Battlements: On the Walls

Related Terms

Window (24 Occurrences)

Siege (63 Occurrences)

Battles (8 Occurrences)

Corners (56 Occurrences)

Invented (3 Occurrences)

Engines (4 Occurrences)

Defenses (8 Occurrences)