Castle in Biblical History

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What is Castle?
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, in Acts 21:34, 2 Kgs 18:37; Acts 22:24; Acts 23:10, Ex 17:16, Jud 1:32, means "the fortress at the north-west corner of the temple in Jerusalem. It was called by Herod the Tower of Antonia, in honor of his patron, Mark Antony. The temple was a kind of citadel that guarded Jerusalem, and so the Tower of Antonia was a fortress that commanded the temple." n-Ayre.

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