Thematic Bible: Of cities
Thematic Bible
Betrayal » Of cities
And they watching will see a man coming out of the city, and they will say to him, Show to us the entrance of the city, and we will do mercy with thee. And he will show them the entrance of the city, and they will smite the city with the mouth of the sword: and that man and all his family they sent away.
Gates » Of cities » Courts of justice held at
Thou shalt not strip the poor because he is poor: and thou shalt not crush the humble in the gate. For Jehovah will contend their contention, and rob the soul to those robbing them.
Judges and scribes shall thou give to thee in all thy gates which Jehovah thy God gave to thee according to thy tribes: and they judged the people just judgment
And Absalom rose early and stood by the hand of the way of the gate: and it will be every man which shall be to him strife coming to the king for judgment, and Absalom will call to him and say, Where, from what city thou? And he will say, of one of the tribes of Israel is thy servant
Gates » Of cities
And he will build the house of the hollow the high, and the house of the hollow the low, fortified cities, the walls, doors, and bar:
All these cities fortified with high walls, doors and bars; besides of cities of the open country exceedingly many.
And Joshua will swear in that time, saying, Cursed the man before Jehovah who shall rise up and build this city Jericho: in his first-born he shall lay its foundation and in his younger he shall set up its doors.
And it will be announced to Saul that David came to Keilah. And Saul will say, God sold him into my hand; for he was shut up, to come to a city of doors and bars.
And David will sit between the two gates: and he watching will go to the roof of the gate to the wall, and he lift up his eyes and see, and behold, a man running by himself.
Gates » Of cities » Chief points of attack in war
He will choose new gods; Then war in the gates: If a shield was seen, and a lance, Among forty thousand in Israel
And it shall be the chosen of thy valleys was filled with chariots, and the horsemen placed a seat at the gate.
In order to melt the heart and to multiply the ruins, I gave the turning of the sword against all their gates: Ah! it was made for lightnings, it was polished for slaughter.
Gates » Of cities » Councils of state held at
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sitting each upon his throne, being clothed in garments, and sitting in the area of the door of the gate of Shomeron: and all the prophets prophesying before them.
And all the chiefs of the king of Babel will come and sit in the middle gate, Nergal-Sarezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sharezer, Rab-Mag, and all the remainder of the chiefs of the king of Babel.
Gates » Of cities » Criminals punished at
And Pashur will strike Jeremiah the prophet and give him upon the stocks which were in the gate of Benjamin the highest, which were in the house of Jehovah.
And bring thou forth that man or that woman who did this evil word, to thy gates, the man and the woman, and stone them with stones, and they died.
Gates » Of cities » Public commendation given at
Her husband was known in the gates, in his sitting with the old men of the land.
Ye shall give her from the fruit of her hands, and her works shall praise her in the gates.
Gates » Of cities » Often razed and burned
And they will say to me, They being left which were left of the captivity there in the province, in great evil and in reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem being broken down, and its gates were burnt with fire.
Her gates sank into the earth; he destroyed and broke her bars: her king and her chiefs among the nations: no law: also her prophets found not a vision from Jehovah.
Gates » Of cities » Proclamations made at
She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words:
Thus said Jehovah to me: Go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people which the kings of Judah shall come in in it, and which they shall go forth in it, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.
Gates » Of cities » Conferences held at
And Abner will turn back to Hebron, and Joab will turn him away to the midst of the gate to speak with him in quiet, and he will strike him there in the belly, and he will die for the blood of Asahel his brother.
And Hamor will come, and Shechem his son, to the gate of their city, and they will speak to the men of the city, saying,
Gates » Of cities » Land sold at
And Ephron dwelt in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite will answer Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all going to the gate of his city, saying,
And Abraham will listen to Ephron, and Abraham will weigh to Ephron the silver, which he spake in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, passing for traffic.
Gates » Of cities » Shut at night-fall
And it will be as the gates of Jerusalem were darkened before the Sabbath, and saying, and the doors shall be shut, and saying that they shall not open them till after the Sabbath: and from my young men I caused to stand at the gates; a burden shall not be brought in in the day of the Sabbath.
And it will be for the shutting the gate in darkness, and the men went forth, and I knew not whither the men went; pursue quickly after them, for ye shall overtake them.
Gates » Of cities » Markets held at
And Elisha will say, Hear the word of Jehovah, thus said Jehovah, About the time to-motrow a measure of fine flour for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Shomeron.
And it will be as the man of God spake to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a meas are of fine flour for a shekel will be about the time tomorrow in the gate of homeron.
Gates » Of cities » Public censure passed at
His sons shall be far from salvation, and they shall be crushed in the gate, and none delivering.
Leading a man into sin by a word, and laying snares for him doing justice in the gate, and they will turn aside the just one by vanity.
Gates » Of cities » Troops reviewed at, going to war
And the king will say to them, What will be good in your eyes I will do. And the king will stand at the hand of the gate, and all the people will go forth, by hundreds and by thousands.
Gates » Of cities » Battering rams used against
In his right hand was the divination of Jerusalem, to set battering-rams, to open the mouth in breaking in pieces, to lift up the voice with a loud noise, to set battering-rams against the gates, to throw up a mound, to build a watch-tower.
Gates » Of cities » Chief places of concourse
She will call in the head of sound, in the entrances of the gates: in the city she will say her words:
Gates » Of cities » Custom of sitting at, in the evening, alluded to
And two messengers shall come to Sodom in the evening; and Lot will sit in the gate of Sodom; and Lot will see, and will rise up to meet them, and will bow himself with the face to the earth.
Gates » Of cities » Experienced officers placed over
And the king appointed the third who leaned upon his hand over the gate: and the people will tread upon him in the gate: and he will die according to the word of the man of God who spake in the king's coming down to him.
Gates » Of cities » Idolatrous rites performed at
And Jupiter's priest, being before their city, having brought bulls and crowns to the gates, wished to sacrifice with the crowd.
Gates » Of cities » Land redeemed at
And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there: and behold, the blood relation whom Boaz spake of, passing by; and he will say, Turn aside, sit down here; thou such a one. And he will turn aside, and sit down.
Walls » Of cities » Had towers built on them
And he will strengthen himself and build all the wall broken down, and he will go up upon the towers, and to without another wall, and he will strengthen the filling up of the city of David, and he will make darts for abundance, and shields.
And Uzziah will build towers in Jerusalem at the gate of the corner, and at the gate of the valley, and at the angle, and he will strengthen them.
Walls » Of cities » Frequently laid in ruins
And Joash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, in the house of the sun; and he will bring him to Jerusalem, and he will break in upon the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim, even to the gate of turning, four hundred cubits.
And they will burn the house of God and break down the walls of Jerusalem, and burn all her palaces in fire, and all her precious vessels for destruction.
Shout against her round about: she gave her hand: her supports fell, her walls were pulled down: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: avenge ye upon her; as she did, do ye to her.
Walls » Of cities » Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief
And he passed upon thee in all thy gates until the coming down of thy high and inaccessible fortresses which thou trustest in them in all thy land: and he passed upon thee in all thy gates in all thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee.
And they will say to me, They being left which were left of the captivity there in the province, in great evil and in reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem being broken down, and its gates were burnt with fire.
And I shall rise in the night, I and a few men with me; and I announced not to man what my God gave into my heart to do at Jerusalem: and no beast with me but the beast that I rode upon it And I shall go forth by the gate of the valley by night, and before the second fountain, and to the gate of the dung-hill, and I shall be watching the walls of Jerusalem that they being broken, and its gates were consumed with fire. And I shall pass over to the gate of the fountain and pool of the king: and not a place for the beast under me to pass. read more.
And I shall be going up by the torrent in the night, and I shall be watching the walls, and I shall turn back and come into the gate of the valley; and I shall turn back. And the prefects knew not whither I went and what I was doing: and to the Jews and to the priests and to the nobles and to the prefects, and to the rest doing the work, even thus I announced not And saying to them, Ye seeing the evil which we are in it, how Jerusalem lay waste, and her gates were burnt with fire: come ye, and we will build the walls of Jerusalem, and we shall be no more a reproach.
And I shall be going up by the torrent in the night, and I shall be watching the walls, and I shall turn back and come into the gate of the valley; and I shall turn back. And the prefects knew not whither I went and what I was doing: and to the Jews and to the priests and to the nobles and to the prefects, and to the rest doing the work, even thus I announced not And saying to them, Ye seeing the evil which we are in it, how Jerusalem lay waste, and her gates were burnt with fire: come ye, and we will build the walls of Jerusalem, and we shall be no more a reproach.
Walls » Of cities » Instances of persons let down from
And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and I escaped from his hands.
And she will let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the wall side and she will dwell upon the wall.
But this project was known to Saul. And they observed narrowly the gates day, and also night, that they might kill him. And the disciples having taken him by night, put through the wall, having let down in a wicker basket.
Walls » Of cities » Often very high
Whither are we going up? our brethren melted our heart, saying, A people great and high above us; cities great and fortified to the heavens; and also, the sons of the Anakims, we saw there.
All these cities fortified with high walls, doors and bars; besides of cities of the open country exceedingly many.
Walls » Of cities » Kept by watchmen night and day
I appointed those watching over thy walls, O Jerusalem: all the day and all the night continually they shall not be silent: ye remembering Jehovah, no stillness to you.
They watching going round about in the city, found me; they struck me, they wounded me: they watching the wall took away my veil from me.
Walls » Of cities » Were battered by besieging armies
And they will come and besiege against him in Abel of the house of oppression, and they will pour out a mound against the city, and it will stand in the fortification: and all the people which were with Joab laying waste to throw down the wall.
And give siege against it, and build a watch tower against it, and cast a mound against it, and give the camp against it, and set battering-rams against it round about And thou, take to thee an iron pan and give it a wall of iron between thee and between the city: and prepare thy face against it, and she was in siege, and press upon her. This a sign to the house of Israel.
Walls » Of cities » Were broad and places of public resort
And it will be when the king heard the woman's words, and he will rend his garments; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people will see, and behold, sackcloth upon his flesh, from within.
And the king of Israel will be passing by upon the wall, and a woman cried out to him, saying, Save, O lord the king.
Walls » Of cities » Strongly fortified
And the fortress of the height of thy walls shall be brought low; be humbled, be struck to the earth, even to the dust.
And upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,
Walls » Of cities » Sometimes burned
And I will kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus, and it consumed the palaces of the son of Hadad.
Walls » Of cities » Danger of approaching too near to, in time of war
And it being if the wrath of the king shall go up, and he say to thee, Wherefore drew ye near to the city to fight? did ye not know that they cast from above the wall? Who struck Abimelech, son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast upon him a piece of the upper millstone from above the wall, and he will die in Thebez? Wherefore drew ye near to the wall? And say thou, Also thy servant, Uriah the Hittite died.
Walls » Of cities » The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace
And they will put up his arms in the house of Ashtaroth: and his body they will hang up upon the wall of the House of Quiet
Walls » Of cities » Custom of dedicating
And in the consecration of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to do the consecration and gladness, and with praises and with song of cymbals, lyres, and with harps.
Walls » Mentioned in scripture » Of cities
Only that the people are strong dwelling upon the land, and the cities fortified, and very great: and also we saw the children of Anak there.
Walls » Of cities » The falling of, sometimes occasioned great destruction
And the rest will flee to Aphek, to the city; and the wall will fall upon twenty and seven thousand men being left And Ben-hadad fled, and he will come to the city, to a chamber in a chamber.
Walls » Of cities » Were strongly manned in war
And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, will say, and Shebna, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, Speak now to thy servants in Syriac; for we hear: and thou shalt not speak with us in Judaic in the ears of the people who are upon the wall
Walls » Of cities » Houses sometimes broken down to repair, and fortify
The houses of Jerusalem ye numbered, and ye will break down the houses to fortify the wall.
Walls » Of cities » Idolatrous rites performed on
And he will take his son, the firstborn, which shall reign in his stead, and bring him up a burnt-offering upon the wall: and there will be great anger against Israel, and they will remove from him and turn back to the land.
Walls » Of cities » Houses often built on
And she will let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the wall side and she will dwell upon the wall.
Walls » Of cities » Adroitness of soldiers in scaling, alluded to
They shall run as strong men; as men of war they shall come up upon the wall; and they shall go each in his ways; they shall not change their paths. And they shall not thrust a man his brother; they shall go a man in his high way: and in the midst of the javelin shall they fall, they shall not be cut in pieces. In the city they shall run up and down; on the wall shall they run, into the houses they shall come up, through the windows shall they come in as a thief.