Bulwark

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningDeuteronomy 20:202 Chronicles 26:15Ecclesiastes 9:14
• FIGURATIVEPsalms 48:13Isaiah 26:1

The passages, in Bible order (5)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 5 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Deuteronomy 20:20

   But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 20:202 voices

   “That reason, for the tree of the field is man's (the word life we supply), all the ancient versions, the Septuagint, Targums, &c., read, For is the tree of the field a man? Or the tree of the field is not a man, that it should come against thee in the siege, or retire from thee into the bulwark.

   “When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it--An important principle is here introduced into the war law of Israel regarding the people they fought against and the cities they besieged. With "the cities of those people which God doth give thee" in Canaan, it was to be a war of utter extermination (De 20:17, 18).

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2. 2 Chronicles 26:15

   And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.

   ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 26:152 voices

   “And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers, and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal,.... Such as with the Romans were called "catapultae", "ballistae" (u), "scorpiones" (w), &c. and by this it appears that these were not first invented in Greece and Rome, but in Judea.

   “The invention is apparently ascribed to the reign of Uzziah, and PLINY expressly says they originated in Syria. he was marvellously helped till he was strong--He conducted himself as became the viceroy of the Divine King, and prospered.

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3. Psalms 48:13

   consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 48:132 voices

   “Ver. 13. Mark ye well her bulwarks. Consider most attentively how strong are her ramparts, how safely her inhabitants are entrenched behind successive lines of defence. The security of the people of God is not a doctrine to be kept in the background, it may be safely taught, and frequently pondered; only to base hearts will that glorious truth prove harmful; the sons of perdition make a stumbling stone even of the Lord Jesus himself, it is little wonder that they pervert the truth of God concerning the final perseverance of the saints.

   “Mark ye well her bulwarks,.... Such as the free favour of God in Christ; which is not only as a shield, but as a bulwark to the church; his everlasting love, electing grace, the covenant of grace, with its blessings and promises, all which are more immovable than rocks and mountains; and especially the power of God, which surrounds his church, as the mountains did Jerusalem; and by which they are kept and preserved as in a garrison, Psa 125:

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4. Ecclesiastes 9:14

   There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

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   "A small city" etc. Here is noted the deficiency of power, and this with respect to resisting the assailant: therefore he says: "A small city, and few men in it." "The siege was completed." And because it was small and had few men, therefore it …

   “There was a little city, and few men within it,....

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5. Isaiah 26:1

   In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

   ›Commentary on Isaiah 26:12 voices

   “(Chapter 26, Verse 1) On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: Our strong city, the Savior will set it as a wall and rampart. In that day, this song will be sung over the land of Judah: Behold, a strong city, our salvation will set up walls and bulwarks.

   “The church is a strong city, for it has walls and bulwarks, or counterscarps, and those of God's own appointing; for he has, in his promise, appointed salvation itself to be its defence. Those that are designed for salvation will find that to be their protection, 1 Pet. i.

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