Thematic Bible: Gates of


Thematic Bible



Thus says LORD of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire. And the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire, and they shall be weary. Verse ConceptsFutilityCityBroadnessCity GatesFire Of JudgementBurning CitiesUseless LabourToiling In Vain

Thus says LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held to subdue nations before him. And I will loose the loins of kings to open the doors before him. And the gates shall not be shut. I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth. I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut apart the bars of iron.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD. Behold my affliction from those who hate me, thou who lifts 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 thee? Or have thou seen the gates of the shadow of death? Verse ConceptsGatesShadowsGates Of DeathThe Shadow Of DeathThe Fact Of Death

I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years. Verse ConceptsGatesGates Of DeathEarly DeathLife Cut Short

And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundre Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsNamed GatesTwelve Beings

And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cu Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsWallsDestruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallNamed GatesList Of Kings Of Israel

and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate. And they stood still in the gate of the guard. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed Gates

Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah, repaired the valley gate. They built it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it, and a thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate. Verse ConceptsNamed GatesGay Marriage

(Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.) Verse ConceptsGatesNamed GatesTemple Assistants

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate. They sanctified it, and set up the doors of it, even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel. Verse ConceptsGatesHigh Priest, In OtTowersNamed Gates

and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate. And they stood still in the gate of the guard. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed Gates

And the sons of Hassenaah built the fish gate. They laid the beams of it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed Gates

And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired. Verse ConceptsNamed Gates

And when the rulers of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of LORD, and they sat in the entry of the new gate of LORD's [house]. Verse ConceptsSitting In The GatewayNamed Gates

Then Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of LORD's house, in the ears of all the people. Verse ConceptsCourtyardSecretaryNamed GatesReading The Scriptures

Thus says lord LORD: The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days, but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. Verse ConceptsNew Moon FestivalSix DaysThe Act Of OpeningOpening The TempleShutting GatesFacing EastOn The Sabbath

And when the ruler shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering to LORD, a man shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east. And he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesShutting GatesFacing EastOn The SabbathFree Will

However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of LORD. Verse ConceptsSolomon's TempleGateways Of The TempleIncense Offered Amiss

And a certain man, being lame from his mother's belly, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask charity from those who entered into the temple, Verse ConceptsCripplesGatesLamenessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalBeauty, In ArtefactsHelplessnessChronic AilmentsSitting In The GatewayNamed GatesFrom The WombOnce A DayPeople Carrying Live PeopleInner BeautyThe Beauty Of Nature