New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Walls

• Designed for separation Ezek. 43:8; Eph. 2:14
• Designed for defense 1 Sam. 25:16
• Mentioned in scripture
  • Of cities Num. 13:28
  • Of temples 1 Chr. 29:4; Isa. 56:5
  • Of houses 1 Sam. 18:11
  • Of vineyards Num. 22:24; Pr. 24:31
• Frequently made of stone and wood together Ezra 5:8; Hab. 2:11
• Were probably often strengthened with plates of iron or brass Jer. 15:20; Ezek. 4:3
• Of cities
  • Often very high Dt. 1:28, 3:5
  • Strongly fortified Isa. 2:15, 25:12
  • Had towers built on them 2 Chr. 26:9, 32:5; Ps. 48:12; Song 8:10
  • Houses often built on Josh. 2:15
  • Were broad and places of public resort 2 Ki. 6:26, 30; Ps. 55:10
  • Were strongly manned in war 2 Ki. 18:26
  • Kept by watchmen night and day Song 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 2 Sam. 11:20, 21
  • Were battered by besieging armies 2 Sam. 20:15; Ezek. 4:2, 3
  • Adroitness of soldiers in scaling alluded to Joel 2:7-9
  • Sometimes burned Jer. 49:27; Amos 1:7
  • Frequently laid in ruins 2 Chr. 25:23, 36:19; Jer. 50:15
  • Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief Dt. 28:52; Neh. 1:3, 2:12-17
  • The falling of, sometimes occasioned great destruction 1 Ki. 20:30
  • The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace 1 Sam. 31:10
  • Custom of dedicating Neh. 12:27
  • Idolatrous rites performed on 2 Ki. 3:27
  • Instances of persons let down from Josh. 2:15; Acts 9:24, 25; 2 Cor. 11:33
• Small towns and villages were not surrounded by Lev. 25:31; Dt. 3:5
• Of houses
  • Usually plastered Ezek. 13:10; Dan. 5:5
  • Had nails or pegs fastened into them when built Eccl. 12:11; Isa. 22:23
  • Liable to leprosy Lev. 14:37
  • Often infested with serpents Amos 5:19
  • Could be easily dug through Gen. 49:6; Ezek. 8:7, 8, 12:5
  • The seat next, was the place of distinction 1 Sam. 20:25
• Hyssop frequently grew on 1 Ki. 4:33
• Miracles connected with
  • Falling of the walls of Jericho Josh. 6:20
  • Handwriting on the wall of Belshazzar's palace Dan. 5:5, 25-28
• Illustrative
  • Of salvation Isa. 26:1, 60:18
  • Of the protection of God Zech. 2:5
  • Of those who afford protection 1 Sam. 25:16; Isa. 2:15
  • Of the Church as a protection to the nation Song 8:9, 10
  • Of ordinances as a protection to the Church Song 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 Ezek. 13:10-15
  • (Whited,) of hypocrites Acts 23:3