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Tower

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By: George A. Morrish

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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. 48:12¹²Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. (Psalm 48:12); Psa. 61:3³For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. (Psalm 61:3); 2 Kings 9:17¹⁷And 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. 18:10¹⁰The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. (Proverbs 18:10)).

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Concise Bible Dictionary: T

• Tongues, Confusion of

• Tongues, Gift of

• Tophet, Topheth

• Tortoise, tsab

• Tower

• Town-Clerk (γραμματεύς)

• Trachonitis

• Tradition (παράδοσις)

• Traitor (προδότης)

• Transfiguration

• Transgression

• Translation

• Trespass Offering

• Tribes, the Twelve

• Tribulation

• Trumpets, Feast of