Designed for Separation Ezekiel 43:8, Ephesians 2:14

Designed for Defence 1 Samuel 25:16

Mentioned in Scripture

Of cities Numbers 13:28

Of temples 1 Chronicles 29:4, Isaiah 56:5

Of houses 1 Samuel 18:11

Of vineyards Numbers 22:24, Proverbs 24:31

Frequently Made of Stone and Wood Together Ezra 5:8, Habakkuk 2:11

Were probably often strengthened with plates of iron or brass Jeremiah 15:20, Ezekiel 4:3

Of Cities

Often very high Deuteronomy 1:28, 3:5

Strongly fortified Isaiah 2:15, 25:12

Had towers built on them 2 Chronicles 26:9, 32:5, Psalm 48:12, Song of Solomon 8:10

Houses often built on Joshua 2:15

Were broad and places of public resort 2 Kings 6:26, 30, Psalm 55:10

Were strongly manned in war 2 Kings 18:26

Kept by watchmen night and day Song of Solomon 5:7, Isaiah 62:6

Houses sometimes broken down to repair, and fortify Isaiah 22:10

Danger of approaching too near to, in time of war 2 Samuel 11:20, 21

Were battered by besieging armies 2 Samuel 20:15, Ezekiel 4:2, 3

Adroitness of soldiers in scaling alluded to Joel 2:7-9

Sometimes burned Jeremiah 49:27, Amos 1:7

Frequently laid in ruins 2 Chronicles 25:23, 36:19, Jeremiah 50:15

Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief Deuteronomy 28:52, Nehemiah 1:3, 2:12-17

The falling of, sometimes occasioned great destruction 1 Kings 20:30

The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace 1 Samuel 31:10

Custom of dedicating Nehemiah 12:27

idolatrous rites performed on 2 Kings 3:27

Instances of persons let down from Joshua 2:15, Acts 9:24, 25, 2 Corinthians 11:33

Small Towns and Villages Were Not Surrounded By Leviticus 25:31, Deuteronomy 3:5

Of Houses

Usually plastered Ezekiel 13:10, Daniel 5:5

Had nails or pegs fastened into them when built Ecclesiastes 12:11, Isaiah 22:23

Liable to leprosy Leviticus 14:37

Often infested with serpents Amos 5:19

Could be easily dug through Genesis 49:6, Ezekiel 8:7, 8, 12:5

The seat next, was the place of distinction 1 Samuel 20:25

Hyssop Frequently Grew On 1 Kings 4:33

Miracles Connected With

Falling of the walls of Jericho Joshua 6:20

Handwriting on the wall of Belshazzar's palace Daniel 5:5, 25-28

Illustrative

Of salvation Isaiah 26:1, 60:18

Of the protection of God Zechariah 2:5

Of those who afford protection 1 Samuel 25:16, Isaiah 2:15

Of the Church as a protection to the nation Song of Solomon 8:9, 10

Of ordinances as a protection to the Church Song of Solomon 2:9, Isaiah 5:5

Of the wealth of the rich in his own conceit Proverbs 18:11

(Brazen,) of prophets in their testimony against the wicked Jeremiah 15:20

(Bowing or tottering,) of the wicked under judgments Psalm 62:3, Isaiah 30:13

(Of partition,) of separation of Jews and Gentiles Ephesians 2:14

(Daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets Ezekiel 13:10-15

(Whited,) of hypocrites Acts 23:3