Cities

First mention of Genesis 4:17
Designed for habitations Psalm 107:7,36
Often built to perpetuate a name Genesis 11:4
Often founded and enlarged by blood and rapine Micah 3:10; Habakkuk 2:12
BUILT
- Of brick and slime Genesis 11:3
- Of stone and wood Psalm 102:14; Ezekiel 26:12
- Of brick and mortar Exodus 1:11,14
- On solid foundations Ezra 6:3; Revelation 21:14
- With compactness Psalm 122:3
- Often of a square form Revelation 21:16
- Beside rivers Psalm 46:4; 137:1
- On hills Matthew 5:14; Luke 4:29; Revelation 17:9
- In plains Genesis 11:2,4; 13:12
- In desert places 2 Chronicles 8:4; Psalm 107:35,36
- In pleasant situations 2 Kings 2:19; Psalm 48:2
Arranged in streets and lanes Numbers 22:39; Zechariah 8:5; Luke 14:21
Entered through gates Genesis 34:24; Nehemiah 13:19,22
Surrounded with walls Deuteronomy 1:28; 3:5
Often fortified by nature Psalm 125:2; Isaiah 33:16
Often fortified by art 2 Chronicles 11:5-10,23; Psalm 48:12,13; Jeremiah 4:5; Daniel 11:15
Sometimes had suburbs Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3
WERE CALLED FOR
- The family of the founder Genesis 4:17; Judges 18:29
- The proprietor of the land 1 Kings 16:24
- The country in which built Daniel 4:29,30
Numerous Joshua 15:21; 1 Chronicles 2:22; Jeremiah 2:28
Densely inhabited Jonah 4:11; Nahum 3:8
Often great and goodly Genesis 10:12; Deuteronomy 6:10; Daniel 4:30; Jonah 3:3
Often of great antiquity Genesis 10:11,12
Often insignificant Genesis 19:20; Ecclesiastes 9:14
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
- Royal Numbers 21:26; Joshua 10:2; 2 Samuel 12:26
- Fenced Joshua 10:20; Isaiah 36:1
- Treasure Exodus 1:11
- Commercial Isaiah 23:11; Ezekiel 27:3
- Chariot 2 Chronicles 1:14; 9:25
- Store 2 Chronicles 8:4,6
- Levitical Leviticus 25:32,33; Numbers 35:7,8
- Refuge Numbers 35:6
Inhabitants of, called citizens Acts 21:39
Prosperity of, increased by commerce Genesis 49:13; Deuteronomy 33:18,19; Ezekiel 28:5
Artificial mode of supplying water to 2 Kings 18:17; 20:20
Infested by dogs 1 Kings 14:11; Psalm 59:6,14
Under governors 2 Chronicles 33:14; 2 Corinthians 11:32
Provided with judges Deuteronomy 16:18; 2 Chronicles 19:5
Protected at night by watchmen Psalm 127:1; Song of Solomon 5:7; Isaiah 21:11
Furnished with stores 2 Chronicles 11:11,12
Garrisoned in war 2 Chronicles 17:2,19
Often had citadels Judges 9:51
A great defence to a country 2 Chronicles 11:5
Afforded refuge in times of danger Jeremiah 8:14-16
Often deserted on the approach of an enemy 1 Samuel 31:7; Jeremiah 4:20
WERE FREQUENTLY
- Stormed Joshua 8:3-7; Judges 9:44
- Besieged Deuteronomy 28:52; 2 Kings 19:24,25
- Pillaged Isaiah 13:16; Jeremiah 20:5
- Wasted by pestilence 1 Samuel 5:11
- Wasted by famine Jeremiah 52:6; Amos 4:6
- Depopulated Isaiah 17:9; Ezekiel 26:19
- Burned Judges 20:38,40; Isaiah 1:7
- Made heaps of ruins Isaiah 25:2
- Razed and sown with salt Judges 9:45
Difficulty of taking, alluded to Proverbs 18:19; Jeremiah 1:18,19
Perishable nature of Hebrews 13:14
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Saints Matthew 5:14
- Visible church Song of Solomon 3:2,3; Revelation 11:2
- Church triumphant Revelation 21:2; 22:19
- Heavenly inheritance Hebrews 11:16
- The apostasy Revelation 16:10; 17:18
- Riches Proverbs 10:15

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