6 occurrences

'Walls' in the Bible

All the house was plated with gold, the supports, the steps, the walls and the doors; and the walls were ornamented with designs of winged ones.

Verse ConceptsArtSculptureCherubim, As Decorations

And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;

Verse ConceptsFortificationsGates

He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.

Verse ConceptsGatesTowersWallsprospering

He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsWalls

And in Jerusalem he made machines, the invention of expert men, to be placed on the towers and angles of the walls for sending arrows and great stones. And his name was honoured far and wide; for he was greatly helped till he was strong.

Verse ConceptsFameIntelligenceStonesInventionsArrowsSports

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