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Cities
First mention of - Ge 4:17
Designed for habitations - Ps 107:7,36
Often built to perpetuate a name - Ge 11:4
Often founded and enlarged by blood and rapine - Mic 3:10; Hab 2:12
BUILT
- Of brick and slime- Ge 11:3
- Of stone and wood- Ps 102:14; Eze 26:12
- Of brick and mortar- Ex 1:11,14
- On solid foundations- Ezr 6:3; Re 21:14
- With compactness- Ps 122:3
- Often of a square form- Re 21:16
- Beside rivers- Ps 46:4; 137:1
- On hills- Mt 5:14; Lu 4:29; Re 17:9
- In plains- Ge 11:2,4; 13:12
- In desert places- 2Ch 8:4; Ps 107:35,36
- In pleasant situations- 2Ki 2:19; Ps 48:2
Arranged in streets and lanes - Nu 22:39; Zec 8:5; Lu 14:21
Entered through gates - Ge 34:24; Ne 13:19,22
Surrounded with walls - De 1:28; 3:5
Often fortified by nature - Ps 125:2; Isa 33:16
Often fortified by art - 2Ch 11:5-10,23; Ps 48:12,13; Jer 4:5; Da 11:15
Sometimes had suburbs - Nu 35:2; Jos 21:3
WERE CALLED FOR
- The family of the founder- Ge 4:17; Jud 18:29
- The proprietor of the land- 1Ki 16:24
- The country in which built- Da 4:29,30
Numerous - Jos 15:21; 1Ch 2:22; Jer 2:28
Densely inhabited - Jon 4:11; Na 3:8
Often great and goodly - Ge 10:12; De 6:10; Da 4:30; Jon 3:3
Often of great antiquity - Ge 10:11,12
Often insignificant - Ge 19:20; Ec 9:14
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
- Royal- Nu 21:26; Jos 10:2; 2Sa 12:26
- Fenced- Jos 10:20; Isa 36:1
- Treasure- Ex 1:11
- Commercial- Isa 23:11; Eze 27:3
- Chariot- 2Ch 1:14; 9:25
- Store- 2Ch 8:4,6
- Levitical- Le 25:32,33; Nu 35:7,8
- Refuge- Nu 35:6
Inhabitants of, called citizens - Ac 21:39
Prosperity of, increased by commerce - Ge 49:13; De 33:18,19; Eze 28:5
Artificial mode of supplying water to - 2Ki 18:17; 20:20
Infested by dogs - 1Ki 14:11; Ps 59:6,14
Under governors - 2Ch 33:14; 2Co 11:32
Provided with judges - De 16:18; 2Ch 19:5
Protected at night by watchmen - Ps 127:1; So 5:7; Isa 21:11
Furnished with stores - 2Ch 11:11,12
Garrisoned in war - 2Ch 17:2,19
Often had citadels - Jud 9:51
A great defence to a country - 2Ch 11:5
Afforded refuge in times of danger - Jer 8:14-16
Often deserted on the approach of an enemy - 1Sa 31:7; Jer 4:20
WERE FREQUENTLY
- Stormed- Jos 8:3-7; Jud 9:44
- Besieged- De 28:52; 2Ki 19:24,25
- Pillaged- Isa 13:16; Jer 20:5
- Wasted by pestilence- 1Sa 5:11
- Wasted by famine- Jer 52:6; Am 4:6
- Depopulated- Isa 17:9; Eze 26:19
- Burned- Jud 20:38,40; Isa 1:7
- Made heaps of ruins- Isa 25:2
- Razed and sown with salt- Jud 9:45
Difficulty of taking, alluded to - Pr 18:19; Jer 1:18,19
Perishable nature of - Heb 13:14
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Saints- Mt 5:14
- Visible church- So 3:2,3; Re 11:2
- Church triumphant- Re 21:2; 22:19
- Heavenly inheritance- Heb 11:16
- The apostasy- Re 16:10; 17:18
- Riches- Pr 10:15 Next Topic (Cities of Refuge)