Thematic Bible: Gates of


Thematic Bible



This is what Yahweh of Hosts says:

Babylon’s thick walls will be totally demolished,
and her high gates consumed by fire.
The peoples will have labored for nothing;
the nations will exhaust themselves only to feed the fire.
Verse ConceptsFutilityCityBroadnessCity GatesFire Of JudgementBurning CitiesUseless LabourToiling In Vain

The Lord says this to Cyrus, His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to unloose the loins of kings, to open the doors before him and the gates will not be shut: "I will go before you and level the uneven places; I will shatter the bronze doors and cut the iron bars in two.

Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.
Lift me up from the gates of death,
Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringGatesMercifulnessGates Of DeathNot DyingDeath PreventedPeople Being HatedDeath Of Loved One


Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
Have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
Verse ConceptsGatesShadowsGates Of DeathThe Shadow Of DeathThe Fact Of Death

I said: In the prime of my life
I must go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the rest of my years.
Verse ConceptsGatesGates Of DeathEarly DeathLife Cut Short

King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh. Then Jehoash took him to Jerusalem and broke down 200 yards of Jerusalem’s wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsNamed GatesTwelve Beings

King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down 200 yards of Jerusalem’s wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsWallsDestruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallNamed GatesList Of Kings Of Israel

above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed Gates

Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired 500 yards of the wall to the Dung Gate. Verse ConceptsNamed GatesGay Marriage

and the temple servants living on Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed GatesTemple Assistants

Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated it. Verse ConceptsGatesHigh Priest, In OtTowersNamed Gates

above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed Gates

The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed Gates

The goldsmiths and merchants made repairs between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate. Verse ConceptsNamed Gates

When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went from the king’s palace to the Lord’s temple and sat at the entrance of the New Gate. Verse ConceptsSitting In The GatewayNamed Gates

Then at the Lord’s temple, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the Lord’s temple, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read Jeremiah’s words from the scroll. Verse ConceptsCourtyardSecretaryNamed GatesReading The Scriptures

“This is what the Lord God says: The gate of the inner court that faces east must be closed during the six days of work, but it will be opened on the Sabbath day and opened on the day of the New Moon. Verse ConceptsNew Moon FestivalSix DaysThe Act Of OpeningOpening The TempleShutting GatesFacing EastOn The Sabbath

“When the prince makes a freewill offering, whether a burnt offering or a fellowship offering as a freewill offering to the Lord, the gate that faces east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or fellowship offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he will go out, and the gate must be closed after he leaves. Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesShutting GatesFacing EastOn The SabbathFree Will

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple. Verse ConceptsSolomon's TempleGateways Of The TempleIncense Offered Amiss

And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex. Verse ConceptsCripplesGatesLamenessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalBeauty, In ArtefactsHelplessnessChronic AilmentsSitting In The GatewayNamed GatesFrom The WombOnce A DayPeople Carrying Live PeopleInner BeautyThe Beauty Of Nature

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