WALLS: - Designed for separation Eze 43:8; Eph 2:14 - Designed for defence 1Sa 25:16 - MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE . Of cities Nu 13:28 . Of temples 1Ch 29:4; Isa 56:5 . Of houses 1Sa 18:11 . Of vineyards Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31 - Frequently made of stone and wood together Ezr 5:8; Hab 2:11 - Were probably often strengthened with plates of iron or brass Jer 15:20; Eze 4:3 - OF CITIES . Often very high De 1:28; 3:5 . Strongly fortified Isa 2:15; 25:12 . Had towers built on them 2Ch 26:9; 32:5; Ps 48:12; So 8:10 . Houses often built on Jos 2:15 . Were broad and places of public resort 2Ki 6:26,30; Ps 55:10 . Were strongly manned in war 2Ki 18:26 . Kept by watchmen night and day So 5:7; Isa 62:6 . Houses sometimes broken down to repair, and fortify Isa 22:10 . Danger of approaching too near to, in time of war 2Sa 11:20,21 . Were battered by besieging armies 2Sa 20:15; Eze 4:2,3 . Adroitness of soldiers in scaling alluded to Joe 2:7-9 . Sometimes burned Jer 49:27; Am 1:7 . Frequently laid in ruins 2Ch 25:23; 36:19; Jer 50:15 . Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief De 28:52; Ne 1:3; 2:12-17 . The falling of, sometimes occasioned great destruction 1Ki 20:30 . The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace 1Sa 31:10 . Custom of dedicating Ne 12:27 . idolatrous rites performed on 2Ki 3:27 . Instances of persons let down from Jos 2:15; Ac 9:24,25; 2Co 11:33 - Small towns and villages were not surrounded by Le 25:31; De 3:5 - OF HOUSES . Usually plastered Eze 13:10; Da 5:5 . Had nails or pegs fastened into them when built Ec 12:11; Isa 22:23 . Liable to leprosy Le 14:37 . Often infested with serpents Am 5:19 . Could be easily dug through Ge 49:6; Eze 8:7,8; 12:5 . The seat next, was the place of distinction 1Sa 20:25 - Hyssop frequently grew on 1Ki 4:33 - MIRACLES CON
NECTED WITH . Falling of the walls of Jericho Jos 6:20 . Handwriting on the wall of Belshazzar's palace Da 5:5,25-28 - ILLUSTRATIVE . Of salvation Isa 26:1; 60:18 . Of the protection of God Zec 2:5 . Of those who afford protection 1Sa 25:16; Isa 2:15 . Of the Church as a protection to the nation So 8:9,10 . Of ordinances as a protection to the Church So 2:9; Isa 5:5 . Of the wealth of the rich in his own conceit Pr 18:11 . (Brazen,) of prophets in their testimony against the wicked Jer 15:20 . (Bowing or tottering,) of the wicked under judgments Ps 62:3; Isa 30:13 . (Of partition,) of separation of Jews and Gentiles Eph 2:14 . (Daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets Eze 13:10-15 . (Whited,) of hypocrites Ac 23:3