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Tower of the Hundred

Tower of the Hundred (Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ). It is closely linked with Tower of Shechem (Biblical Place • Shechem • 32.214°N, 35.282°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 9:46 , Judg 9:47 , Judg 9:49 (identified with Shechem ).

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Tower of the Hundred (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Tower of Shechem (Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 9:46 , Judg 9:47 , Judg 9:49 (identified with Shechem ).) Tower of Hananel (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 12:39 , Jer 31:38 , Zech 14:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Tower of the Ovens (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:11 , Neh 12:38 (identified with Jerusalem).) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ziggurat of Ur — Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia , featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11 . Second Temple of Jerusalem ( Herod's Temple ) — Reconstruction of the expanded Second Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem during the life and ministry of Jesus and the early Church—featuring the towering white-stone and gold Sanctuary facade, the Court of the Women, Court of the Gentiles, Solomon's Portico , the Royal Stoa, and the Antonia Fortress.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Judges 9:52 : "And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire."; Isaiah 2:15 : "And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,"; Song of Solomon 7:4 : "Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon , by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus .". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 11 ( Genesis • Chapter 11 (32 verses)), Esther (Old Testament • 10 Chapters), The Second Book of the Maccabees 13 ( The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 13 (26 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Tower of the Hundred
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Tower of Shechem
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Biblical Place • Shechem • 32.214°N, 35.282°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 9:46 , Judg 9:47 , Judg 9:49 (identified with Shechem ).

Tower of Hananel
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 12:39 , Jer 31:38 , Zech 14:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Tower of the Ovens
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:11 , Neh 12:38 (identified with Jerusalem ).

מִשְׂגָּב
misgab
H4869 Hebrew
high stronghold, refuge, fortress

high stronghold, refuge, fortress. High retreat, inaccessible cliff-fortress; safe retreat where the righteous are lifted above reach of enemies.

Ziggurat of Ur
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Interactive 3D Mesopotamian Ziggurat • Genesis 11:1–9 & 11:31

Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia , featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11 .

Genesis 11
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Genesis • Chapter 11 (32 verses)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had br... Mentions: Shem , Arpachshad (or Arphaxad ), Eber (or Heber ), Peleg , Reu , Shinar , Babel , Terah , Haran , Canaan .

Esther
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Old Testament • 10 Chapters

Esther (Old Testament, 10 chapters). Key figures: Jair , Shimei , Kish , Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah ), Judah . Key places: India , Ethiopia , Persia , Media , Tarshish , Jair . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia , over an hundred and seven and..."

The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 13 (26 verses)

In the hundred forty and ninth year tidings were brought to Judas and his company that Antiochus Eupator was coming with great multitudes against Judaea, and with him Lysias his guardian and chancellor, each having a Greek force, a hundred and ten thousand footmen, and five tho... Mentions: Judas , Antioch 1 , Ptolemais .

Interactive 3D Architectural Model • Luke 2, John 2 & Acts 3

Reconstruction of the expanded Second Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem during the life and ministry of Jesus and the early Church—featuring the towering white-stone and gold Sanctuary facade, the Court of the Women, Court of the Gentiles, Solomon's Portico , the Royal Stoa, and the Antonia Fortress.

Judith 1
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Judith • Chapter 1 (16 verses)

IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh , the great city; in the days of Arphaxad , who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana , and built at Ecbatana and round about it walls of hewn stones three cubits broad and six cubits long, an... Mentions: Arpachshad (or Arphaxad), Moab , Ammon , Nineveh , Ecbatana, Euphrates , Tigris , Persia .

2 Chronicles 27
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 27 (9 verses)

Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem . His mother's name also was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok . And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he ent... Mentions: Jotham , Zadok , Azariah (or Uzziah), Judah , Ammonites , Jerusalem , Ophel , Ammon .

2 Chronicles 14
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 14 (15 verses)

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God: For he took away the altars of the strange gods, ... Mentions: Abijah , David , Asa, Judah , Benjamin , Mareshah , Gerar , Jerusalem .

Judith 7
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Judith • Chapter 7 (32 verses)

But the next day Holofernes gave command to all his army, and to all his people which were come to be his allies, that they should remove their camp toward Bethulia, and take beforehand the ascents of the hill country, and make war against the children of Israel . And every mighty... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Moab , Ammon , Asshur , Esau.

Judges 8
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Judges • Chapter 8 (35 verses)

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes ... Mentions: Ephraim , Midian , Joash , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Penuel .

Interactive 3D Archaeological Complex • Isaiah 40:3

3D photogrammetry reconstruction of the Khirbet Qumran settlement plateau overlooking the Dead Sea in the Judean Wilderness, featuring the watchtower, scriptorium, communal dining hall, aqueduct-fed ritual immersion pools (miqva'ot), and adjacent marl scroll caves.

Revelation 11
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Revelation • Chapter 11 (19 verses)

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Sodom , Egypt .

Psalms 144
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Psalms • Chapter 144 (15 verses)

Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or th... Mentions: David .

Revelation 14
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Revelation • Chapter 14 (20 verses)

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Babylon .

Mark 12
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Mark • Chapter 12 (44 verses)

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel .

1 Chronicles 27
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 27 (34 verses)

Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Perez , Mikloth , Ephraim , Othniel , Gilead , Dan , Azmaveth , Baal .

1 Kings 7
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1 Kings • Chapter 7 (51 verses)

But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon ; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pi... Mentions: Solomon , Naphtali , Boaz , David , Lebanon , Tyre , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Zarethan .

Habakkuk 2
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Habakkuk • Chapter 2 (20 verses)

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision ... Mentions: Lebanon .

2 Chronicles 2
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 2 (18 verses)

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. And Solomon se... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Dan , Tyre , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Joppa .

Ezekiel 42
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Ezekiel • Chapter 42 (20 verses)

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was...

1 Chronicles 13
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 13 (14 verses)

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel , If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the lan... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel , Saul , Judah , Abinadab , Shihor , Egypt , Hamath , Baalah 2 , Uzza .

1 Samuel 29
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1 Samuel • Chapter 29 (11 verses)

Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek : and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel . And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish. Then said the prin... Mentions: David , Saul , Jacob/Israel , Aphek 2 , Jezreel 2 .

1 Chronicles 28
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 28 (21 verses)

And David assembled all the princes of Israel , the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the ki... Mentions: David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Solomon , Jerusalem .

Esther 1
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Esther • Chapter 1 (22 verses)

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia , over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, In the th... Mentions: India , Ethiopia , Persia , Media , Tarshish .

2 Chronicles 11
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 11 (23 verses)

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem , he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel , that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam . But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man... Mentions: Rehoboam, Judah , Benjamin , Jacob/Israel , Solomon , Jerusalem , Etam 1 , Tekoa , Soco , Adullam .

Numbers 16
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Numbers • Chapter 16 (50 verses)

Now Korah , the son of Izhar , the son of Kohath , the son of Levi , and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab , and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben , took men: And they rose up before Moses , with certain of the children of Israel , two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, fa... Mentions: Korah , Izhar (or Amminadab), Kohath , Levi , Eliab .

Psalms 18
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Psalms • Chapter 18 (50 verses)

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from ... Mentions: David .

1 Kings 6
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1 Kings • Chapter 6 (38 verses)

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt , in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel , in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. And the house ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Solomon , David , Egypt , Solomon's .

2 Chronicles 23
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 23 (21 verses)

And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham , and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed , and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah , and Elishaphat the son of Zichri , into covenant with him. And they ... Mentions: Azariah (or Uzziah), Jeroham , Ishmael , Obed , Adaiah , Jerusalem , Baal .

2 Samuel 18
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2 Samuel • Chapter 18 (33 verses)

And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah , Joab's brother, and a third p... Mentions: David, Zeruiah , Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Ahimaaz .

2 Chronicles 1
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 1 (17 verses)

And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. Then Solomon spake unto all Israel , to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel , the chief of t... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel, Moses , Gibeon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Syria .

Scripture Passages (24)

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon , by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus .

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

Walk about Zion , and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

And from above the gate of Ephraim , and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

And he beat down the tower of Penuel , and slew the men of the city.

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah , and in the forests he built castles and towers.

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel .

He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza , and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel , saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath–moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel , unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

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