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Thematic Bible: Of cities


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Judges 1:24-25
And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, "Pray, show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you." And he showed them the way into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go.

Proverbs 22:22-23
Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.

Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsCivic RighteousnessJudgesTownMagistratesAdministrationJudging RightlyMan AppointingAppointments

2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom rose early, and stood beside the way of the gate; and it was so, that when any man who had a controversy had to come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. Verse ConceptsGatesRoadsStanding In The GatewayThose Who Rose EarlyWhere From?

2 Chronicles 8:5
And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars; Verse ConceptsFortificationsGates

Deuteronomy 3:5
All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides unwalled towns very many. Verse ConceptsCityGatesVillagesWallsCitiesOutside The CityWalled TownsUnguarded

Joshua 6:26
And Joshua swore at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah who shall rise up and build this city Jericho! In his first-born shall he lay its foundation, and in his youngest son shall he set up its gates. Verse ConceptsFoundationsFirstbornFathers, Sin Of TheAdjurationGatesOaths, HumanProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtDeath Of The FirstbornThe Youngest ChildFoundations Of NationsCity GatesCursing The UngodlyRebuilding Named Citiesrebuilding

1 Samuel 23:7
And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Then Saul said, God has cast him off into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a city that has gates and bars. Verse ConceptsGatesTownShutting GatesGiven Into One's HandsTelling Of Movements

2 Samuel 18:24
And David sat between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate, on to the wall, and lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man running alone. Verse ConceptsRoofWallsRooftopSitting In The GatewayRunning With NewsPeople Sitting Down

Judges 5:8
When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel? Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And UpNo Help In Other GodsVolunteering

Isaiah 22:7
And it shall come to pass that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. Verse ConceptsGatesChariotsWaiting At GatesRiding HorsesAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

Ezekiel 21:15
In order that the heart may melt, and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied, I have set the threatening sword against all their gates: ah! it is made glittering, it is whetted for the slaughter. Verse ConceptsGatesStanding In The GatewaySparklingLosing CourageGod's Sword

2 Chronicles 18:9
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne; and they sat in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. Verse ConceptsRobesSchool Of ProphetsThreshing FloorThrone

Jeremiah 39:3
and all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsechim, chief chamberlain, Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon. Verse ConceptsSitting In The GatewayNamed Gates

Jeremiah 20:2
And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah. Verse ConceptsFloggingGatesNamed Gates

Deuteronomy 17:5
thou shalt bring forth that man or that woman, who committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, the man or the woman, and shalt stone them with stones, that they die. Verse ConceptsGatesPunishment, Legal Aspects OfBusiness At The GatewayInstructions About Stoning

Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersJudgment SeatRespect, For Human BeingsGood Wives DescriptionSitting In The GatewayCity GatesGodly WomanA Good WomanMan And WomanThe ElderlyA Good Husbandelders

Proverbs 31:31
Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates. Verse ConceptsReward, DivineWagesIndustryOne's DeedsGodly WomanA Good Womanaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

Nehemiah 1:3
And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire. Verse ConceptsFortificationsCityGatesBattering ramsWallsDestruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallCity GatesBurning JerusalemSurvivors Of Israel

Lamentations 2:9
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from Jehovah. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Famine,Poverty, SpiritualVisionsSpiritual DestitutionBreaking SticksDestruction Of JerusalemKings ExiledCity GatesNo VisionsProphecy AbolishedPutting Things Down

Proverbs 1:21
she calleth in the chief place of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words: Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

Jeremiah 17:19
Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; Verse ConceptsGoing Out And Coming In

2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him secretly, and smote him there in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. Verse ConceptsGesturesAssassinations, CompletedConfidence BetrayedBetrayalAvenger of bloodLength Of LifeMurderPrivacyRevenge, Examples OfStomachsTreacheryUnfaithfulness, To PeopleAmbushBetrayal, Example OfBusiness At The GatewayStriking To DeathInformation In SecretWhy People Did ThingsKilling Named Individuals

Genesis 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying, Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

Genesis 23:10
And Ephron was dwelling among the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, Verse ConceptsempiresCitiesBusiness At The GatewayIn Men's Presence

Genesis 23:16
And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the money that he had named in the ears of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant. Verse ConceptsAgreement, Making AgreementsMerchantsTradeWeighingIn Men's PresenceAgreeing With One Anotherhumor

Nehemiah 13:19
And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the sabbath day. Verse ConceptsShadowsCitiesShutting GatesDarkness Of Night

Joshua 2:5
and it came to pass when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. Verse ConceptsGatesShutting Gates

2 Kings 7:1
And Elisha said, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah: To-morrow about this time shall the measure of fine flour be at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. Verse ConceptsFoodCoinageElisha, Prophecies OfGatesGrainProphecy, Methods Of OtTradeWeights And Measures, DryMan's Action TomorrowInexpensiveOther Volume Measurestomorrowmarketing

2 Kings 7:18
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king saying, Two measures of barley shall be at a shekel, and the measure of fine flour at a shekel, to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria. Verse ConceptsMan's Action TomorrowInexpensiveOther Volume Measurestomorrow

Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer: Verse Conceptsdefence, humanSafetyGod Is HolyChildren Suffering

Isaiah 29:21
that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert the judgment of the righteous by futility. Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfTrapUncharitablenessBusiness At The GatewayMan Trapping

2 Samuel 18:4
And the king said to them, I will do what is good in your sight. And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. Verse ConceptsStanding In The Gateway

Ezekiel 21:22
In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers. Verse ConceptsBattering ramsBattle CriesAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldEvil For The Right HandSiege Mounds

Proverbs 1:21
she calleth in the chief place of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words: Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

Genesis 19:1
And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed down, the face toward the ground, Verse ConceptsCourteousnessBowingUnidentified AngelsNewsAngels, Ministry To UnbelieversSalutationsSitting In The GatewayBowing Heads Before GodTwo AngelsAngels Going At God's BiddingSpoken Greetings

2 Kings 7:17
And the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate; and the people trampled upon him in the gate, and he died, according to what the man of God had said, what he had said when the king came down to him. Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfTrampling PeopleDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsOther Supporting

Acts 14:13
And the priest of Jupiter who was before the city, having brought bulls and garlands to the gates, would have done sacrifice along with the crowds. Verse ConceptsGatesPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesPriests, Types Of In Nt TimesSacrificing CattleWorshipping Men

Ruth 4:1
And Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. And behold, he that had the right of redemption, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. And he said, Thou, such a one, turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside and sat down. Verse ConceptsGatesSitting In The Gateway

2 Chronicles 32:5
And he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside, and fortified the Millo of the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance. Verse ConceptsArmourShieldsTowersWeaponsArmor ProtectionBuilding Jerusalem's Wallrebuildingreinforcement

2 Chronicles 26:9
And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the angle, and fortified them. Verse ConceptsFarmersTowersNamed GatesSportsreinforcement

Psalm 48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: count the towers thereof; Verse ConceptsNumberingCounting Buildingszion

Song of Songs 8:10
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; Then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace. Verse ConceptsBreasts, Being AttractiveSexual Desirebreasts

2 Chronicles 25:23
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 he broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsNamed GatesTwelve Beings

2 Chronicles 36:19
And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof were given up to destruction. Verse ConceptsFortificationsBattering ramsPalacesWallsConflagrationsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

Jeremiah 50:15
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand; her ramparts are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for this is the vengeance of Jehovah. Take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. Verse ConceptsTowersWallsMan AvengingLet Evil ReboundRevengeSurrenderTreating Others

Deuteronomy 28:52
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and strong walls wherein thou trustedst come down, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee. Verse ConceptsFortressesFortificationsCityWallsWalled TownsNations Attacking Israel

Nehemiah 1:3
And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire. Verse ConceptsFortificationsCityGatesBattering ramsWallsDestruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallCity GatesBurning JerusalemSurvivors Of Israel

Nehemiah 2:12-17
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon. And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire. And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast under me to pass. read more.
And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate and returned. And the rulers did not know whither I went or what I did, for I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

2 Corinthians 11:33
and through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsExamples Of EscapingBaskets, Uses OfRopesLowered From WindowsLowering People

Joshua 2:15
And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. Verse ConceptsCityRopesWallsLowered From WindowsLowering People

Acts 9:24-25
But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him; but the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Deuteronomy 1:28
Whither shall we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, They are a people greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there. Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCitydoubt, results ofdiscouragementHeart, HumanLargenessPessimismSkyHuman EmotionFaint HeartednessGiantsLosing CourageWhere To?Sky, Figurative Use

Deuteronomy 3:5
All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides unwalled towns very many. Verse ConceptsCityGatesVillagesWallsCitiesOutside The CityWalled TownsUnguarded

Isaiah 62:6
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, Jerusalem; all the day and all the night they shall never hold their peace: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, keep not silence, Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightSleeplessnessWatchmanAnticipation

Song of Songs 5:7
The watchmen that went about the city found me; They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping People

2 Samuel 20:15
And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it was raised in the trench; and all the people that were with Joab sapped the wall, to throw it down. Verse ConceptsBattering ramsSiegesWallsSiege MoundsPeople Attacking Their Own

Ezekiel 4:2-3
and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast a mound against it, and set camps against it, and place battering-rams against it round about. And take thou unto thee an iron plate, and put it for a wall of iron between thee and the city; and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: this shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

2 Kings 6:30
And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his garments; and he was passing by upon the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. Verse ConceptsBodySackcloth And AshesThose Who Tore Clothes

2 Kings 6:26
And it came to pass as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him saying, Help, my lord O king! Verse ConceptsBeggarsPassing ByBeggingPeople Helping

Isaiah 25:12
And the fortress of the high defences of thy walls will he bring down, lay low, bring to the ground, into the dust. Verse ConceptsStrongholdsFortsPutting Things Downdust

Isaiah 2:15
and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;

Jeremiah 49:27
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad. Verse ConceptsFortificationsBurning Citiessyriadamascus

Amos 1:7
And I will send a fire on the wall of Gazah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. Verse ConceptsDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

2 Samuel 11:20-21
and if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say to thee, Why did ye go so near to the city to fight? did ye not know that they would shoot from the wall? Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why did ye go near the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Urijah the Hittite is dead also.

1 Samuel 31:10
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. Verse ConceptsFortificationsFalse GodsWallsServing Asherah

Nehemiah 12:27
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to hold the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, lutes and harps. Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationHarpsJoy, Of IsraelLyreMusicMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsBuilding Jerusalem's Wall

Numbers 13:28
Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there. Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesLargenessGiantsStrong Nations

1 Kings 20:30
And the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men of them that were left. And Ben-Hadad fled, and came into the city, from chamber to chamber. Verse ConceptsWallsTwenty Thousand And UpPeoples Who FledPrivate Rooms

2 Kings 18:26
And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, and Shebnah and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac, for we understand it, and talk not with us in the Jewish language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. Verse ConceptsLanguagesLanguages Mentioned In Scripture

Isaiah 22:10
and ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and have broken down the houses to fortify the wall; Verse ConceptsNumberingCounting BuildingsDestruction Of HousesBuilding Jerusalem's Wall

2 Kings 3:27
And he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him up for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeWallsIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfSacrificing The FirstbornSacrifice

Joshua 2:15
And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. Verse ConceptsCityRopesWallsLowered From WindowsLowering People

Joel 2:7-9
They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and break not their ranks. Neither doth one press upon another; they march every one in his path; and fall amid weapons, but are not wounded. They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief.

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