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Concise Bible Dictionary: T
By:
George A. Morrish
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
26sec
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Often referred to in scripture as a place of security, and also as a place of defense, on which watchmen were stationed. There were such on the walls of Jerusalem (
Psa. 48:12
12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. (Psalm 48:12)
;
Psa. 61:3
3
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. (Psalm 61:3)
;
2 Kings 9:17
17
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? (2 Kings 9:17)
). The term is also used symbolically: “the name of Jehovah is a strong tower” (
Prov. 18:10
10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. (Proverbs 18:10)
).
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