Watch-Tower

Model of a watchtower in a city wall
Model of a watchtower in a city wall (© Ray Pritz by United Bible Societies) Watchtower, tower

About Watch-Tower

The watchtower was a tall structure with a lookout at the top.

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All Scripture References (5)

Isaiah (1)
Isaiah 32:14

For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

Matthew (1)
Matthew 21:33

Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

Mark (1)
Mark 12:1

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

Luke (2)
Luke 13:4

Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?

Luke 14:28

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?