Towers
of Babel (
Gen. 11:4), Edar (
Gen. 35:21), Penuel (
Judg. 8:9,
17), Shechem (9:46), David (Cant. 4:4), Lebanon (7:4), Syene (Ezek. 29:10), Hananeel (
Zech. 14:10), Siloam (
Luke 13:4). There were several towers in Jerusalem (
2 Chr. 26:9;
Ps. 48:12). They were erected for various purposes, as watch-towers in vineyard (
Isa. 5:2;
Matt. 21:33) and towers for defence
