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A strong wooden tower was fixed to each elephant by means of leather straps, and four warriors including the driver were on the tower. (1 Maccabees 6, 37)
In those days, Simon encamped against Gazard and surrounded it with his army. He constructed a mobile tower, brought it up to the city, attacked and occupied one tower. (1 Maccabees 13, 43)
Then the men of the mobile tower entered the city, causing great dismay. (1 Maccabees 13, 44)
We recognize that these books contain many figures, and that it is difficult for those who wish to understand this history because of so many facts. (2 Maccabees 2, 24)
So let us begin our narrative without going on at length about what has been said before, for it would be senseless to expand the preface while cutting short the narration of the history itself. (2 Maccabees 2, 32)
There is a tower in that place, twenty-five meters high, full of burning ashes, provided with a revolving device on top, which sloped on all sides into ashes. (2 Maccabees 13, 5)
Whoever robbed any sacred thing or committed any other notorious crime was brought up to the tower, and then, pushed into the ashes. (2 Maccabees 13, 6)
When the soldiers were about to capture the tower and were breaking the door of the courtyard (they had already ordered that fire be brought to burn the door), Razis, surrounded on all sides, struck his belly with his own sword. (2 Maccabees 14, 41)
But when he fell upon his sword, he did not hit exactly, so when he saw the troops were now rushing in through the gates, he gathered enough strength to climb to the top of the tower, and manfully threw himself down upon the soldiers. (2 Maccabees 14, 43)
Yahweh's name is a strong tower, the virtuous rely on it and are safe. (Proverbs 18, 10)
Your neck is the tower of David, a display of trophies a thousand bucklers hang on it, all of them worn by heroes of war. (Song of Solomon 4, 4)
Your neck is an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose, the tower of Lebanon looking towards Damascus. (Song of Solomon 7, 5)