Thematic Bible: Gates of


Thematic Bible



Thus saith Jehovah 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 saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, 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 in sunder the bars of iron;

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest 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 unto thee? Or hast 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 brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 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 brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 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 unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed Gates

The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits of the wall unto the dung gate. Verse ConceptsNamed GatesGay Marriage

(Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.) Verse ConceptsGatesNamed GatesTemple Assistants

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto 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 unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed Gates

And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed Gates

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

And when the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house unto the house of Jehovah; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah's house . Verse ConceptsSitting In The GatewayNamed Gates

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

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that looketh 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 prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, one shall open for him the gate that looketh toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he doth on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesShutting GatesFacing EastOn The SabbathFree Will

Howbeit 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 Jehovah. Verse ConceptsSolomon's TempleGateways Of The TempleIncense Offered Amiss

And a certain man that was lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that 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

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