Walls
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WALLS.In Palestine the principal cities were protected by surrounding walls, sometimes of great size. That of Gezer, for instance, was fourteen feet thick. These walls were built of stones, set in mud, or else of brick. The walls of houses were generally ill-built structures of the same materials. The choice of material varied with the locality: Lachish (Tell el-Hesy), for example, was almost entirely a brick town; in Gezer brick is the exception. See also artt. City; Fortification, 1; House, 4. For the walls of Jerusalem, which may be taken as typical of a city wall, see Jerusalem.
R. A. S. Macalister.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(See HOUSE.) Foundations were often carried down to the solid rock, as in the case of the temple. The foundation stones are often of enormous size, 20 to 30 ft. long, by three to 6 ft. 6 inches wide, and five to 7 ft. 6 inches thick; three at Baalbek are each 68 ft. long, and one in the quarry 68 ft. 4 in. long, 17 ft. 2 in. broad, and 14 ft. 7 in. thick. Slabs of marble or alabaster line the walls of Solomon's buildings, as those of Nineveh.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Walls. Only a few points need be noticed.
1. The practice common in Palestine of carrying foundations down to the solid rock, as in the case of the Temple, with structures intended to be permanent. Luk_6:48.
2. A feature of some parts of Solomon's buildings, as described by Josephus, corresponds remarkably to the method adopted at Nineveh of incrusting or veneering a wall of brick or stone with slabs of a more costly material, as marble or alabaster.
3. Another use of walls in Palestine is to support mountain roads or terraces formed on the sides of hills for purposes of cultivation.
4. The "path of the vineyards," Num_22:24 is a pathway through vineyards, with walls on each side.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
[FORTIFICATIONS; TOWNS]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
R. A. S. Macalister.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(See HOUSE.) Foundations were often carried down to the solid rock, as in the case of the temple. The foundation stones are often of enormous size, 20 to 30 ft. long, by three to 6 ft. 6 inches wide, and five to 7 ft. 6 inches thick; three at Baalbek are each 68 ft. long, and one in the quarry 68 ft. 4 in. long, 17 ft. 2 in. broad, and 14 ft. 7 in. thick. Slabs of marble or alabaster line the walls of Solomon's buildings, as those of Nineveh.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Walls. Only a few points need be noticed.
1. The practice common in Palestine of carrying foundations down to the solid rock, as in the case of the Temple, with structures intended to be permanent. Luk_6:48.
2. A feature of some parts of Solomon's buildings, as described by Josephus, corresponds remarkably to the method adopted at Nineveh of incrusting or veneering a wall of brick or stone with slabs of a more costly material, as marble or alabaster.
3. Another use of walls in Palestine is to support mountain roads or terraces formed on the sides of hills for purposes of cultivation.
4. The "path of the vineyards," Num_22:24 is a pathway through vineyards, with walls on each side.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
[FORTIFICATIONS; TOWNS]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
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