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James P. Boyd
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(shot up). Watchtowers, or fortified posts, were frequent on frontiers and exposed places (
Gen. 35:21
21
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. (Genesis 35:21)
;
2 Chron. 26:10
10
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. (2 Chronicles 26:10)
); around vineyards (
Isa. 21:5,8,11
5
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. (Isaiah 21:5)
8
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: (Isaiah 21:8)
11
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? (Isaiah 21:11)
;
Matt. 21:33
33
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: (Matthew 21:33)
), and for the use of shepherds (
Mic. 4:8
8
And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. (Micah 4:8)
). “Tower of Shechem” (
Judg. 9:47
47
And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. (Judges 9:47)
), evidently a citadel or stronghold. Tower of Babel [BABEL]. “Tower of Siloam,” possibly an observatory (
Luke 13:4
4
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? (Luke 13:4)
).
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