Walls of Cities
29 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
17 sections
- Adroitness of Soldiers in Scaling Alluded To
- Custom of Dedicating
- Danger of Approaching Too Near To, in Time of War
- Destruction of, a Punishment and Cause of Grief
- Frequently Laid in Ruins
- had Towers Built on Them
- Houses often Built On
- Houses Sometimes Broken Down to Repair, and Fortify
- Idolatrous Rites Performed On
- Kept by Watchmen Night and Day
- Often Very High
- Persons Let Down From
- Sometimes Burned
- Strongly Fortified
- The Bodies of Enemies Sometimes Fastened On, As a Disgrace
- The Falling of, Sometimes Occasioned Great Destruction
- More passages
Adroitness of Soldiers in Scaling Alluded To
- Joel 2:7–9 They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course. …
Custom of Dedicating
- Nehemiah 12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
Danger of Approaching Too Near To, in Time of War
- 2 Samuel 11:20–21 if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall? …
Destruction of, a Punishment and Cause of Grief
- Deuteronomy 28:52 They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
- Nehemiah 1:3 And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
- Nehemiah 2:12–17 I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding. …
Frequently Laid in Ruins
- 2 Chronicles 25:23 There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner …
- 2 Chronicles 36:19 Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
- Jeremiah 50:15 Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do …
had Towers Built on Them
- 2 Chronicles 26:9 Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of …
- Psalm 48:12 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
- Song of Solomon 8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
Houses often Built On
- Joshua 2:15 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
Houses Sometimes Broken Down to Repair, and Fortify
- Isaiah 22:10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.
Idolatrous Rites Performed On
- 2 Kings 3:27 So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.
Kept by Watchmen Night and Day
- Song of Solomon 5:7 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
- Isaiah 62:6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
Often Very High
- Deuteronomy 1:28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
- Deuteronomy 3:5 All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.
Persons Let Down From
- Joshua 2:15 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
- Acts 9:24–25 but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him. …
- 2 Corinthians 11:33 But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
Sometimes Burned
- Jeremiah 49:27 “I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”
- Amos 1:7 So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.
Strongly Fortified
- Isaiah 2:15 against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
- Isaiah 25:12 The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
The Bodies of Enemies Sometimes Fastened On, As a Disgrace
- 1 Samuel 31:10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
The Falling of, Sometimes Occasioned Great Destruction
- 1 Kings 20:30 The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
More passages
- Numbers 13:28 Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
Related topics
WallsWalls of Cities were Broad and Places of Public ResortWalls of Cities were Battered by Besieging ArmiesWalls of Cities were Strongly Manned in War
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.