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But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
So Abimelech came as far as the tower and fought against it; and he drew near the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."
Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield!
Now the whole earth had one language and one speech.
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built as far as the Tower of the Hundred, and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of Hananel.
But there was a strong tower in the city, and all the men and women - all the people of the city - fled there and shut themselves in; then they went up to the top of the tower.
Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall;
Then Israel journeyed and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
Then he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
For You have been a shelter for me, A strong tower from the enemy.
and above the Gate of Ephraim, above the Old Gate, above the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped by the Gate of the Prison.
Your neck is like an ivory tower, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looks toward Damascus.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.
"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
"For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it -
For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.
"Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?