'District' in the Bible
Of Jezebel also has the Lord spoken, saying, ‘The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.’
Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.
Malchijah the son of Rechab, the official of the district of Beth-haccherem repaired the Refuse Gate. He built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars.
Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the official of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He built it, covered it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah at the king’s garden as far as the steps that descend from the city of David.
After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, official of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, and as far as the artificial pool and the house of the mighty men.
After him the Levites carried out repairs under Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, the official of half the district of Keilah, carried out repairs for his district.
After him their brothers carried out repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, official of the other half of the district of Keilah.
So the sons of the singers were assembled from the district around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,
Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan;
And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick;
Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon.
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
Immediately the news about Him spread everywhere into all the surrounding district of Galilee.
And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples and came to the district of Dalmanutha.
And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;
And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district.
And the report about Him was spreading into every locality in the surrounding district.
This report concerning Him went out all over Judea and in all the surrounding district.
And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surrounding district asked Him to leave them, for they were gripped with great fear; and He got into a boat and returned.
But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony; and we were staying in this city for some days.