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Gates
Design of - Isa 62:10
MADE OF
- Brass- Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2
- Iron- Ac 12:10
Often two-leaved - Isa 45:1
Fastened with bars of iron - Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2
MADE TO
- Cities- 1Ki 17:10
- Houses- Lu 16:20; Ac 12:14
- Temples- Ac 3:2
- Palaces- Es 5:13
- Prisons- Ac 12:10
- Camps- Ex 32:26
- Rivers- Na 2:6
OF CITIES
- Chief places of concourse- Pr 1:21
- Courts of justice held at- De 16:18; 2Sa 15:2; Pr 22:22,23
- Land sold at- Ge 23:10,16
- Land redeemed at- 2Ki 7:1,18
- Markets held at- 2Ki 7:1,18
- Proclamations made at- Pr 1:21; Jer 17:19
- Councils of state held at- 2Ch 18:9; Jer 39:3
- Conferences held at- Ge 34:20; 2Sa 3:27
- Public commendation given at- Pr 31:23,31
- Public censure passed at- Job 5:4; Isa 29:21
- Shut at night-fall- Jos 2:5; Ne 13:19
- Chief points of attack in war- Jud 5:8; Isa 22:7; Eze 21:15
- Battering rams used against- Eze 21:22
- Experienced officers placed over- 2Ki 7:17
- Troops reviewed at, going to war- 2Sa 18:4
- Often razed and burned- Ne 1:3; La 2:9
- Idolatrous rites performed at- Ac 14:13
- Criminals punished at- De 17:5; Jer 20:2
- Custom of sitting at, in the evening, alluded to- Ge 19:1
OF THE TEMPLE
- Called gates of Zion- La 1:4
- Called gates of righteousness- Ps 118:19
- Called gates of the Lord- Ps 118:20
- Overlaid with gold- 2Ki 18:16
- One specially beautiful- Ac 3:2
- Levites the porters of- 2Ch 8:14; 23:4
- Charge of, given by lot- 1Ch 26:13-19
- The treasury placed at- 2Ch 24:8; Mr 12:41
- The pious Israelites delighted to enter- Ps 118:19,20; 100:4
- Frequented by beggars- Ac 3:2
OF JERUSALEM
- High gate of Benjamin- Jer 20:2; 37:13
- Fish gate- 2Ch 33:14; Ne 3:3
- Sheep gate- Ne 3:1; Joh 5:2
- Gate of Miphkad- Ne 3:31
- Gate of Ephraim- Ne 12:39
- Valley gate- 2Ch 26:9; Ne 2:13
- Water gate- Ne 3:26; 8:3
- Horse gate- 2Ch 23:15; Ne 3:28
- Old gate- Ne 3:6; 12:39
- Corner gate- 2Ch 26:9
- Dung gate- Ne 3:14; 12:31
- Gate of the fountain- Ne 3:15
Carcase of sin-offering burned without - Le 4:12; Heb 13:11-13
Criminals generally punished without - Le 24:23; Joh 19:17; Heb 13:12
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of Christ- Joh 10:9
- (Of heaven,) of access to God- Ge 28:12-17
- (Of hell,) of Satan's power- Mt 16:18
- (Of the grave,) of death- Isa 38:10
- (Strait,) of the entrance to life- Mt 7:14
- (Wide,) of the entrance to ruin- Mt 7:13 Next Topic (Genealogies)