Thematic Bible: Of cities
Thematic Bible
Betrayal » Of cities
The spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him: Show us the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy. When he showed them the entrance into the city, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But spared the man and all his family.
Gates » Of cities » Courts of justice held at
Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate. Jehovah will plead their cause and take the life of those who rob them.
Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every city Jehovah your God gives you. They are to judge the people fairly.
He would rise early in the morning and stand by the road at the city gate. When someone came there with a dispute that he wanted the king to settle, Absalom would call him over and ask him where he was from. After the man told him what tribe he was from,
Gates » Of cities
He also rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon into cities fortified with walls, double-door gates, and bars.
All of these cities were fortified with high walls and double-door gates with bars across the gates. We also captured a large number of unwalled villages.
Joshua pronounced an oath at that time, saying: Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that rises up and builds this city Jericho. He will lay the foundation at the cost of his firstborn. He will set up the gates at the cost of his youngest son.
When Saul was told that David went to Keilah, Saul said: God has delivered him into my hands. He has trapped himself by going into a city which has a gate with a double door held shut by a bar.
David was sitting between the two gates. The watchman walked along the roof of the gate by the wall. He looked at the man running alone.
Gates » Of cities » Chief points of attack in war
There was war in the land when the Israelites chose new gods. Of the forty thousand men in Israel, did anyone carry shield or spear?
Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates.
that their hearts may melt (lose their courage), and many fall at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword. Ah! It is made for striking like lightning. It is wrapped up in readiness for slaughter.
Gates » Of cities » Councils of state held at
The two kings, dressed in their royal robes, sat on their thrones at the threshing place just outside the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying in front of them.
When Jerusalem was captured, all the high officials of the king of Babylon came and took their places at the Middle Gate, including Nergal Sharezer, Samgar Nebo, Sarsechim, and another Nergal Sharezer.
Gates » Of cities » Criminals punished at
Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of Jehovah.
Bring that man or woman who has done this evil deed out to your gates. Stone the man or the woman to death.
Gates » Of cities » Public commendation given at
Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land.
Give her of the fruit of her hands. Let her own works praise her in the gates.
Gates » Of cities » Often razed and burned
They said to me: The small band of Jews now living there in the land is in deep trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.
Her gates have gone down into the earth. He destroyed her locks and bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where there is no law. Her prophets have had no vision from Jehovah.
Gates » Of cities » Proclamations made at
She calls in the streets, in the opening of the gates: in the city she utters her words. She says:
Jehovah said to me: Go and stand in the public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as in all the gates of Jerusalem.
Gates » Of cities » Conferences held at
Abner arrived in Hebron. Joab took him aside at the gate, as though he wanted to speak privately with him. There he stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner was murdered because he had killed Joab's brother Asahel.
Hamor and his son Shechem went to their city gate to speak to the men of their city. They said:
Gates » Of cities » Land sold at
Ephron was sitting with the other Hittites at the meeting place at the city gate. He answered in the hearing of everyone there:
Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, commercial standard.
Gates » Of cities » Shut at night-fall
When the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the gate to be shut and not to be open again until after the Sabbath. I put some of my servants by the gate so that nothing might be taken in on the Sabbath day.
When it was dark and they shut the gate the men went out. I do not know where they went. Pursue them quickly and you will overtake them.
Gates » Of cities » Markets held at
Elisha answered: Hear the word of Jehovah: 'By this time tomorrow you will be able to buy in Samaria ten pounds of the best wheat or twenty pounds of barley for one piece of silver.'
Elisha told the king that by that time the following day ten pounds of the best wheat or twenty pounds of barley would be sold in Samaria for one piece of silver.
Gates » Of cities » Public censure passed at
His children are far from help. They are crushed at the court of justice at the city gate. No one is there to rescue them.
God will destroy those who slander others. He will destroy those who prevent the punishment of criminals and those who tell lies to keep honest people from getting justice.
Gates » Of cities » Troops reviewed at, going to war
I will do what you think best, the king answered. Then he stood by the side of the gate as his men marched out in units of a thousand and of a hundred.
Gates » Of cities » Battering rams used against
The divination (omens) will indicate that he should go to the right, to Jerusalem. So he will set up his battering rams there, and give the order to kill. He will raise a battle cry and aim the battering rams against the city gates. He will put up ramps and set up blockades (siege walls).
Gates » Of cities » Chief places of concourse
She calls in the streets, in the opening of the gates: in the city she utters her words. She says:
Gates » Of cities » Custom of sitting at, in the evening, alluded to
That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there as they arrived. When he saw them, he got up to greet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed low to the ground.
Gates » Of cities » Experienced officers placed over
The king of Israel put the city gate under the command of the officer who was his personal attendant. The officer was trampled to death there by the people and died, as Elisha had predicted when the king went to see him.
Gates » Of cities » Idolatrous rites performed at
Then the priest of Jupiter whose temple was there in the city, brought cattle and garlands to the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
Gates » Of cities » Land redeemed at
Boaz went to the public place in the town and sat down. When the kinsman-redeemer came along, the one he had mentioned, Boaz said: Come here, and sit down. He came and was seated.
Walls » Of cities » Had towers built on them
Hezekiah worked hard. He rebuilt all the broken sections of the wall. He built the towers taller and built another wall outside the city wall. He strengthened the Millo in the City of David, and made plenty of weapons and shields.
Uzziah strengthened the fortifications of Jerusalem. He built towers at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and where the wall turned.
(The Shulamite) I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. I was the one who found favor in his eyes.
Walls » Of cities » Frequently laid in ruins
King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah, son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah of Judah, at Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He tore down a six hundred foot section of the wall around Jerusalem from Ephraim Gate to Corner Gate.
He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces and its wealth, and broke down the city wall.
Shout a war cry against them on every side. They will surrender. Their towers will fall and their walls will be torn down. Since this is Jehovah's vengeance, take revenge against them. Do to them what they did to others.
Walls » Of cities » Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief
They will blockade all your cities until the high, fortified walls you trust come down everywhere in your land. They will blockade all the cities everywhere in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.
They said to me: The small band of Jews now living there in the land is in deep trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.
I got up in the night and took a small band of men with me. I said nothing to any man of what God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem, I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated. I went in the dark through the gateway of the valley past the Fountain of the Snake (Serpent's Well) as far as the place where waste material was stored. From there I viewed the broken down walls of Jerusalem and the gateways that were burned with fire. Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through. read more.
Then in the night I went up by the stream, viewed the wall and then turned back. I went in by the valley gate. The chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing. I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work. Then I said to them: You see what a bad condition we are in. How Jerusalem is a waste. It's gateways burned with fire. Come; let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.
Then in the night I went up by the stream, viewed the wall and then turned back. I went in by the valley gate. The chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing. I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work. Then I said to them: You see what a bad condition we are in. How Jerusalem is a waste. It's gateways burned with fire. Come; let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.
Walls » Of cities » Instances of persons let down from
So I was let down in a basket through an opening in the wall and escaped from him.
Then she let them down by a cord through the window for her house was upon the town wall. She lived on the wall.
Saul learned about their plot against him. They watched the gates day and night to kill him. During the night the disciples let him down by the wall in a basket.
Walls » Of cities » Often very high
Where can we go up? Our brothers caused us to lose heart. They said: The people are stronger and taller than we are. The cities are large and the walls go up to the sky. Moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.'
All of these cities were fortified with high walls and double-door gates with bars across the gates. We also captured a large number of unwalled villages.
Walls » Of cities » Kept by watchmen night and day
I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem. They will never be silent day or night. Whoever calls on Jehovah, do not allow yourselves any rest,
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took my veil from me.
Walls » Of cities » Were battered by besieging armies
Joab and his troops surrounded Abel, so no one could go in or come out. They made a dirt ramp (rampart) up to the town wall. Then they used a battering ram to knock the wall down.
Then lay siege to it. Erect siege works against it. Build a ramp up to it. Set up camps against it and put battering rams around it. Take an iron pan and place it as an iron wall between you and the city. Then turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
Walls » Of cities » Were broad and places of public resort
Hearing this, the king tore his clothes. The people close to the wall could see that he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.
The king of Israel walked by on the city wall when a woman cried out: Help me, Your Majesty!
Walls » Of cities » Strongly fortified
He will bring down Moab's high-fortified walls, level them, and throw them into the dust on the ground.
against every high tower and every fortified wall,
Walls » Of cities » Sometimes burned
Walls » Of cities » Danger of approaching too near to, in time of war
the king may become angry. He might ask you: 'Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Did you not know they would shoot from the wall?' Who killed Jerubbesheth's son Abimelech? Did a woman on the wall of Thebez throw a small millstone at him and kill him? Why did you go so close to the wall? If the king asks this, tell him: 'Your man Uriah the Hittite is also dead.'
Walls » Of cities » The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace
They put his armor in the temple of their goddesses the Asherahs and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth Shan.
Walls » Of cities » Custom of dedicating
When the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.
Walls » Mentioned in scripture » Of cities
The people who live there are strong. The cities have walls and are very large. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
Walls » Of cities » The falling of, sometimes occasioned great destruction
The rest went in flight to Aphek, into the town, where a wall came down on the twenty-seven thousand who were still living. Benhadad went in flight into the town, into an inner room.
Walls » Of cities » Were strongly manned in war
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the Rabshakeh (the commander): Will you kindly make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants. We are used to it. Do not use the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.
Walls » Of cities » Houses sometimes broken down to repair, and fortify
You counted the houses of Jerusalem. Then you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
Walls » Of cities » Idolatrous rites performed on
He took his oldest son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him on the city wall as a sacrifice to the god of Moab. The Israelites were terrified and so they drew back from the city and returned to their own country.
Walls » Of cities » Houses often built on
Then she let them down by a cord through the window for her house was upon the town wall. She lived on the wall.
Walls » Of cities » Adroitness of soldiers in scaling, alluded to
They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like men of war. They march every one on his way and do not break their ranks. They do not crowd each other. They march every one in his path. They burst through the weapons and do not break ranks. They rush to the city. They run on the wall. They climb into the houses. They enter in at the windows like a thief.