Your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, on which there hang a thousand shields, all shields of mighty men.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Bulwarks. Hebrew Thalpiyoth, "at the height of the defiles "probably in Libanus, when David conquered Syria. Thalassar, Thelmela, were such "heights. "Bucklers, to be used in case of need, or for ornament. Thus the neck of the spouse was adorned with chains and pearls. The Church is this tower, the pillar of truth, 1 Timothy iii., and Matthew xvi. 18. Apostles and prelates are her bucklers.
