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Thematic Bible: Of cities


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Judges 1:24-25
And the spies saw a man come out of the city and they said unto him, "Show us the way into the city, and we will show thee mercy." And he showed them the way into the city, and they smote it with the edge of the sword, but let the man and all his household go free.

Proverbs 22:22-23
See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment; for the LORD himself will defend their cause, and do violence unto them that have used violence.

Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers thou shalt make thee in all thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee throughout thy tribes: And let them judge the people righteously. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsCivic RighteousnessJudgesTownMagistratesAdministrationJudging RightlyMan AppointingAppointments

2 Samuel 15:2
And thereto he used to rise up early in the mornings and to stand by the wayside that led to the gate of the city. And all the men of Israel that had complaints and came to the king for judgment, he called unto him, and said, "Of what city art thou?" And when the other answered, "thy servant is of such a tribe of Israel," Verse ConceptsGatesRoadsStanding In The GatewayThose Who Rose EarlyWhere From?

2 Chronicles 8:5
And he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, and made them strong cities with walls, gates and bars. Verse ConceptsFortificationsGates

Deuteronomy 3:5
All these cities were made strong with high walls, gates and bars; beside un-walled towns, a great many. Verse ConceptsCityGatesVillagesWallsCitiesOutside The CityWalled TownsUnguarded

Joshua 6:26
And Joshua cursed at that time, saying, "Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: so that he lay the foundation with the death of his eldest son, and with the death of his youngest set up the 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 was come to Keilah. Then said Saul, "God hath delivered him into mine hand. For he is shut in, that he is come into a town with 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 over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes and saw: and behold, there came a man running alone. Verse ConceptsRoofWallsRooftopSitting In The GatewayRunning With NewsPeople Sitting Down

Judges 5:8
"God chose new fashions of war, for when they had war at their gates: there was not seen, among forty thousand, either shield or spear in Israel. Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And UpNo Help In Other GodsVolunteering

Isaiah 22:7
Thy chief valley also was full of chariots, and the horsemen set their faces directly toward the gate. Verse ConceptsGatesChariotsWaiting At GatesRiding HorsesAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

Ezekiel 21:15
to make them abashed and faint at the hearts, and in all gates to make some of them fall. O how bright and sharp is it, how well dight and mete for the slaughter. Verse ConceptsGatesStanding In The GatewaySparklingLosing CourageGod's Sword

2 Chronicles 18:9
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his seat in their apparel, in a threshing floor beside the gate of Samaria, and all the Prophets prophesying before them. Verse ConceptsRobesSchool Of ProphetsThreshing FloorThrone

Jeremiah 39:3
Then all the princes of the king of Babylon, came in, and sat them down under the port: Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim the Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer the Rabmag, with all the other princes of the king of Babylon. Verse ConceptsSitting In The GatewayNamed Gates

Jeremiah 20:2
he smote Jeremiah, and put him in the stocks, that are by the high gate of Benjamin, in the house of the LORD. Verse ConceptsFloggingGatesNamed Gates

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

Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is much set by in the gates, when he sitteth among the rulers 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 unto me, "The remnant of the captivity are there in the land in great misfortune and rebuke. The walls of Jerusalem are broken down, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire." Verse ConceptsFortificationsCityGatesBattering ramsWallsDestruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallCity GatesBurning JerusalemSurvivors Of Israel

Lamentations 2:9
{Tet} Her ports are cast down to the ground, her bars are broken and smitten in sunder: her king and princes are carried away to the gentiles. They have neither law nor Prophets, nor yet any vision from the LORD. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Famine,Poverty, SpiritualVisionsSpiritual DestitutionBreaking SticksDestruction Of JerusalemKings ExiledCity GatesNo VisionsProphecy AbolishedPutting Things Down

Proverbs 1:21
She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and showeth her words through the city, saying, Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

Jeremiah 17:19
Again, thus hath the LORD said unto me, "Go stand under the gate, wherethrough the people and the kings of Judah go out and in; yea, under all the gates of Jerusalem, Verse ConceptsGoing Out And Coming In

2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was come again to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate, to speak with him guilefully, and there smote him under the short ribs 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
Then Hamor and Shechem went unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

Genesis 23:10
For Ephron dwelled among the children of Heth. Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his city, saying, Verse ConceptsempiresCitiesBusiness At The GatewayIn Men's Presence

Genesis 23:16
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron and weighed him the silver which he had said in the audience of the sons of Heth. Even four hundred silver sicles of current money among merchants. Verse ConceptsAgreement, Making AgreementsMerchantsTradeWeighingIn Men's PresenceAgreeing With One Anotherhumor

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

Joshua 2:5
And about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, they went out. Whither they went, I know not: but follow after them quickly, and ye shall take them." Verse ConceptsGatesShutting Gates

2 Kings 7:1
Then Elisha said, "Hear the word of the LORD, for thus sayeth the LORD, 'Tomorrow this time a bushel of fine flour shall be sold for a sicle and two bushels of Barley for another in the gates 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, according to the word of the man of God to the king, saying, "Two bushels of barley for a sicle and a bushel of flour for another shall be tomorrow this time in the gates of Samaria." Verse ConceptsMan's Action TomorrowInexpensiveOther Volume Measurestomorrow

Job 5:4
that his children were without prosperity or health; that they were slain in the door, and no man to deliver them; Verse Conceptsdefence, humanSafetyGod Is HolyChildren Suffering

Isaiah 29:21
such as labour to draw men unto sin; and that deceive him which reproveth them in the gate; and such as turn good persons to vanity. Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfTrapUncharitablenessBusiness At The GatewayMan Trapping

2 Samuel 18:4
Then said the king, "What seemeth you best, that will I do." And the king stood up by the Gate's side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. Verse ConceptsStanding In The Gateway

Ezekiel 21:22
But the soothsaying shall point to the right side upon Jerusalem, that he may set men of war, to smite it with a great noise, to cry out Alarum, to set battle rams against the gates, to grave up ditches, and to make bulwarks. Verse ConceptsBattering ramsBattle CriesAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldEvil For The Right HandSiege Mounds

Proverbs 1:21
She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and showeth her words through the city, saying, Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

Genesis 19:1
And there came two angels to Sodom at even. And Lot sat at the gate of the city. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself to the ground with his face. 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 set the lord on whose hand he leaned, to keep the gate. And the people trod him in the gate, that he died, according to the saying of the man of God which he said, when the king came down to him. Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfTrampling PeopleDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsOther Supporting

Acts 14:13
Then Jupiter's priest, which dwelt before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gate, and would have done sacrifice with the people. Verse ConceptsGatesPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesPriests, Types Of In Nt TimesSacrificing CattleWorshipping Men

Ruth 4:1
Then went Boaz unto the gate and sat him down there. And behold, the kinsman of which Boaz spake came by. Unto whom he said, "Come and sit down here, and called him by his name." And he turned in and sat down. Verse ConceptsGatesSitting In The Gateway

2 Chronicles 32:5
And he went to lustily and built up the wall where it was broken, and made towers above upon, and yet another wall without, and repaired Millo the city of David, and made many darts and shields. Verse ConceptsArmourShieldsTowersWeaponsArmor ProtectionBuilding Jerusalem's Wallrebuildingreinforcement

2 Chronicles 26:9
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem over the corner gate, and over the valley gate, and over other corners, and made them strong. Verse ConceptsFarmersTowersNamed GatesSportsreinforcement

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

Song of Songs 8:10
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then was I as one that hath found favour in his sight. Verse ConceptsBreasts, Being AttractiveSexual Desirebreasts

2 Chronicles 25:23
And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah at Bethshemesh: and brought him to Jerusalem, and tare the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits long. Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsNamed GatesTwelve Beings

2 Chronicles 36:19
And they burnt the house of God and brake down the walls of Jerusalem and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire with all the goodly stuff thereof, and marred it. Verse ConceptsFortificationsBattering ramsPalacesWallsConflagrationsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

Jeremiah 50:15
Cry out: upon her, upon her, against her round about: she shall yield herself, her foundations shall fall, and her walls shall come down, for it shall be the vengeance of the LORD. Yea vengeance shall be taken of her, and as she hath done, so shall she be dealt withal. Verse ConceptsTowersWallsMan AvengingLet Evil ReboundRevengeSurrenderTreating Others

Deuteronomy 28:52
And he shall keep thee in all thy cities, until thy high and strong walls be come down wherein thou trustedest, through all thy land. And he shall besiege thee in all thy cities throughout all thy land which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Verse ConceptsFortressesFortificationsCityWallsWalled TownsNations Attacking Israel

Nehemiah 1:3
And they said unto me, "The remnant of the captivity are there in the land in great misfortune and rebuke. The walls of Jerusalem are broken down, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire." Verse ConceptsFortificationsCityGatesBattering ramsWallsDestruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallCity GatesBurning JerusalemSurvivors Of Israel

Nehemiah 2:12-17
I gat me up in the night season, and a few men with me: for I told no man what God had given me in my heart to do at Jerusalem. And there was not one beast with me, save it that I rode upon. And I rode by night unto the valley port before the Dragon well, and to the Dung port, and considered the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down, and the ports thereof consumed with the fire. And I went over unto the well port, and to the king's conduit; and there was no room for my beast, that it could go under me. read more.
Then went I on in the night by the brook side, and considered the wall, and turned back and came home again to the valley port. And the rulers knew not whither I went or what I did: for hitherto had I not told the Jews and the priests, the councilors and the rulers, and the others that laboured in the work. And I said unto them, "Ye see the misery that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and how the gates thereof are burnt with fire. Come, let us build up the walls of Jerusalem, that we be no more a rebuke."

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

Joshua 2:15
And then she let them down with a cord through the window. For her house stood in the town wall. And she dwelt in the town wall. Verse ConceptsCityRopesWallsLowered From WindowsLowering People

Acts 9:24-25
But their layings wait was known of Saul. And they watched at the gates day and night to kill him. Then the disciples took him by night, and put him through the wall and let him down in a basket.

Deuteronomy 1:28
How shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying the people is greater and taller than we, and the cities are great and walled even up to heaven, and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.' Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCitydoubt, results ofdiscouragementHeart, HumanLargenessPessimismSkyHuman EmotionFaint HeartednessGiantsLosing CourageWhere To?Sky, Figurative Use

Deuteronomy 3:5
All these cities were made strong with high walls, gates and bars; beside un-walled towns, a great many. Verse ConceptsCityGatesVillagesWallsCitiesOutside The CityWalled TownsUnguarded

Isaiah 62:6
Upon the walls of Jerusalem, I have set keepers which shall never cease, neither by day nor yet by night. Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightSleeplessnessWatchmanAnticipation

Song of Songs 5:7
So the watchmen that went about the city found me, smote me, and wounded me: Yea they that kept the walls, took away my kerchief from me. Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping People

2 Samuel 20:15
And they came and besieged him in Abel-Bethmaacah. And they cast up a bank against the city, and it was besieged: All the people that was with Joab laboured busily to overthrow the wall. Verse ConceptsBattering ramsSiegesWallsSiege MoundsPeople Attacking Their Own

Ezekiel 4:2-3
how it is besieged, how bulwarks and strong ditches are graven on every side of it. Describe also the tents, and a host of men round about it. Moreover, take an iron pan, and set it betwixt thee and the city instead of an iron wall. Then set thy face toward it, besiege it, and lay ordinance against it, to win it. This shall be a token unto the house of Israel.

2 Kings 6:30
When the king heard the words of the woman, he rent his clothes even as he was walking on the walls. And when the people looked upon him: see, he was clothed in sack under. Verse ConceptsBodySackcloth And AshesThose Who Tore Clothes

2 Kings 6:26
And as the king of Israel walked upon the walls, there cried a woman to him, saying, "Help, my lord king." Verse ConceptsBeggarsPassing ByBeggingPeople Helping

Isaiah 25:12
The stronghold also, and defense of thy walls hath he overthrown and cast down: and brought them to the ground, even into the dust. Verse ConceptsStrongholdsFortsPutting Things Downdust

Isaiah 2:15
upon all costly towers, and upon all strong walls,

Jeremiah 49:27
I will kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus, which shall consume the palace of Benhadad." Verse ConceptsFortificationsBurning Citiessyriadamascus

Amos 1:7
Therefore will I send a fire in to the walls of Gaza, which shall devour her houses. Verse ConceptsDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

2 Samuel 11:20-21
if he begin to fume and say unto thee, 'Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city to fight? Wist ye not that men would hurl and shoot from the walls? Who smote Abimelech son of Jerubbosheth? Did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from off the walls, that he died in Thebes? Why then went ye nigh the walls?" Then say thou, 'Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"

1 Samuel 31:10
And they hanged up his harness in the house of Ashtaroth, but they hanged up his carcass on the walls of Bet-Shean. Verse ConceptsFortificationsFalse GodsWallsServing Asherah

Nehemiah 12:27
And in the dedication of the wall at Jerusalem, were the Levites sought out of all their places, that they might be brought to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication and gladness, with thanksgivings, with singing, with cymbals, Psalteries, and harps. Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationHarpsJoy, Of IsraelLyreMusicMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsBuilding Jerusalem's Wall

Numbers 13:28
Nevertheless, the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled and exceeding great, and 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 there fell a wall upon twenty seven thousand of them that were left. And Benhadad fled and went into the city, from chamber to chamber. Verse ConceptsWallsTwenty Thousand And UpPeoples Who FledPrivate Rooms

2 Kings 18:26
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah and Shebnah and Joah, to Rabshakeh, "Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrians' language, for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' tongue, in the ears of the people that are on the walls." Verse ConceptsLanguagesLanguages Mentioned In Scripture

Isaiah 22:10
and number the houses of Jerusalem, and break of some of them to make the wall strong. Verse ConceptsNumberingCounting BuildingsDestruction Of HousesBuilding Jerusalem's Wall

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

Joshua 2:15
And then she let them down with a cord through the window. For her house stood in the town wall. And she dwelt in the town wall. Verse ConceptsCityRopesWallsLowered From WindowsLowering People

Joel 2:7-9
These shall run like giants, and leap over the walls like men of war. Every man in his going will keep his array, and not go out of his Path. There shall not one drive another, but each shall keep his own way. They shall break in at the windows, and not be hurt: They shall come into the city, and run upon the walls; They shall climb up upon the houses, and slip in at the windows like a thief.

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