11 occurrences in 8 translations

'Doorway' in the Bible

Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.

Verse ConceptsRobesSchool Of ProphetsThreshing FloorThrone

And a third are to be stationed at the king's house; and a third at the doorway of the horses: while all the people are waiting in the open spaces round the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardNamed Gates

And looking, she saw the king in his place by the pillar at the doorway, and the captains and the horns by his side; and all the people of the land were giving signs of joy and sounding the horns; and the makers of melody were playing on instruments of music, taking the chief part in the song of praise. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, said, Broken faith, broken faith!

Verse ConceptsSingersTreacheryTrumpetExcitementTreasonPillars For Solomon's Temple

So they put their hands on her, and she went to the king's house by the doorway of the king's horses; and there she was put to death.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfNamed Gates

Then he took the captains of hundreds and the chiefs and the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord through the higher doorway into the king's house, and put the king on the seat of the kingdom.

Verse ConceptsNoblesRulersThroneNamed Gates

So at the king's order they made a chest and put it outside the doorway of the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsGatesGateways Of The Temple

And Joash, king of Israel, made Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, prisoner at Beth-shemesh, and took him to Jerusalem; and he had the wall of Jerusalem pulled down from the doorway of Ephraim to the doorway in the angle, four hundred cubits.

Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsNamed GatesTwelve Beings

Uzziah made towers in Jerusalem, at the doorway in the angle and at the doorway in the valley and at the turn of the wall, arming them.

Verse ConceptsFarmersTowersNamed GatesSportsreinforcement

He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.

Verse ConceptsWallsBuilding Jerusalem's WallGates Of The Temple

And he put war chiefs over the people, and sent for them all to come together to him in the wide place at the doorway into the town, and to give them heart he said to them,

After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.

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Doorway (256 instances)
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Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain