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Tower of the furnaces

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Neh 3:11; 12:38), a tower at the north-western angle of the second wall of Jerusalem. It was probably so named from its contiguity to the "bakers' street" (Jer 37:21).

Babel, tower of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar after the Deluge (Gen 11:1-9). Their object in building this tower was probably that it might be seen...

Jezreel, Tower of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

One of the turrets which guarded the entrance to the city (2 Kings 9:17).

Siloam, Tower of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mentioned only Luke 13:4. The place here spoken of is the village now called Silwan, or Kefr Silwan, on the east of the valley of Kidron, and to the north-east of the pool. It stands on the west...