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The great city of the world looks fair and glorious in their eyes, and even the godly are dazzled by her beauty; but when the light of heaven shines, her fall is seen to be inevitable, for she is seen to be hateful; her palaces are seen to be prisons, her highest wisdom little more than low cunning, her most exalted intelligence base-born, her ...
Discover the meaning of City in the Bible. Study the definition of City with multiple Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias and find scripture references in the Old and New Testaments.
Revelation 21:23-25. Cities have deep meaning and significance in the Bible. Learn about their purpose, why things go wrong when they are built, and God's ultimate plan for them. Watch our short explainer video and explore related podcasts, articles, Bible verses, and more.
- Fenced Cities
- Cities of Refuge
- City of David
- Holy City
- Treasure Cities
- Levitical Cities
- List of Biblical Cities
- Suburbs
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A fenced city was a city surrounded by fortifications and high walls, with watch-towers upon them (2 Chronicles 11:11; Deuteronomy 3:5). There was also within the city generally a tower to which the citizens might flee when danger threatened them (Judges 9:46-52).
There were 6 cities of refuge, 3 on each side of Jordan, namely, Kadesh, Shechem, Hebron, on the west of Jordan; and on the east, Bezer, Ramoth-gilead, and Golan. The cities on each side of the river were nearly opposite each other. See: CITIES OF REFUGE
When David destroyed the fortress of the Jebusites which stood on Mount Zion, he built on the site a palace and a city, which he called by his own name (1 Chronicles 11:5), the city of David. Bethlehem is also so called as being David’s native town (Luke 2:4).
Jerusalem is called the Holy City, the holiness of the temple being regarded as extending in some measure over the whole city (Neh. 11:1).
Pithom and Raamses, built by the Israelites as “treasure cities,” were not places where royal treasures were kept, but were fortified towns where merchants might store their goods and transact their business in safety, or cities in which munitions of war were stored. (See PITHOM.)
Also see: List of cities in the Tribe of Judah 1. Abel-beth-maachah 2. Abdon 3. Accad(Akkad) 4. Accho 5. Acco 6. Achmetha 7. Achzib(Achziv) 8. Achshaph 9. Adam—miracle here 10. Adamah—destroyed by God 11. Adramyttium 12. Adullam 13. Aeolis 14. Ai 15. Aid-el-ma 16. Aijalon 17. Ajalon 18. Akkad 19. Alemeth 20. Alexandria 21. Almon 22. Amphipolis 23. ...
A city with suburbs was a city surrounded with open pasture-grounds, such as the forty-eight cities which were given to the Levites (Numbers 35:2-7).
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Discover the meaning of Haunt in the Bible. Study the definition of Haunt with multiple Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias and find scripture references in the Old and New Testaments.
CITY OF DESTRUCTION. de-struk'-shun `ir ha-herec; (Septuagint Base-dek): In his prediction of the future return of Egypt to Yahweh, Isaiah declares, "In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction" ( Isaiah 19:18 ).
The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. New Revised Standard Version As they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities all around them, so that no one pursued them.
