Bible Dictionary: Towers: Shechem

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Judges 9:46
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

The Testament of Levi Concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance.
... in Haran and born there, and after that I came with my father to Shechem. ... that
unrighteousness had built to itself walls, and iniquity sat upon towers; and I ...
/.../iii the testament of levi concerning.htm

What Actions were done by Alexander Janneus, who Reigned Twenty ...
... and came with his army, the Jews joined with those their auxiliaries about Shechem. ...
erected a high wall before the trench, and built wooden towers, in order to ...
/.../chapter 4 what actions were.htm

How
... temple; on which account he fortified it with high walls and towers, and put ... Antiochus
the god, Epiphanes, a memorial from the Sidonians, who live at Shechem. ...
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Palestine under Pagan Kings.
... to serve you, and do any thing for them." He went to Shechem, but they ... twenty gates
made of solid brass, and were surmounted with two hundred and fifty towers. ...
/.../headley/half hours in bible lands volume 2/palestine under pagan kings.htm

Infancy and Youth of Jesus --His First Impressions.
... Before us are spread out the double summit which towers above Megiddo; the mountains
of the country of Shechem, with their holy places of the patriarchal age ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/renan/the life of jesus/chapter ii infancy and youth.htm

The Early Years of Jesus
... Next, one sees the double summit which towers above Megiddo; the mountains of the
country of Shechem, with their holy places of the patriarchal period; the ...
/.../rhees/the life of jesus of nazareth/v the early years of.htm

The Flight into Egypt and St. John the Baptist in the Desert
... the son of Gideon, was hailed here as king by the people of Shechem. [152]. ... huge
buildings in ruins, great masses of solid masonry, halves of towers, and whole ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xvi the flight into egypt.htm

The Gospel Refuge.
... SHECHEM, Shoulder. ... All other refuges, however good or great or strong they may appear
to be, will prove only Babel-towers, that will fall on the poor builders ...
/.../macduff/the cities of refuge or the name of jesus/iii the gospel refuge.htm

The Census and the Journey of the Holy Family
... This was about an hour's journey to the south-east of Shechem. ... to the cave, which
faced westwards, one could see nothing but a few roofs and towers of Bethlehem ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/x the census and the.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... It was usually a mere wall of stone or dried brick, with towers at intervals ... Shechem
lies in an actual amphitheatre of verdure, which is irrigated by countless ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

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