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
On hills Mt 5:14; Lu 4:29; Re 17:9
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
Treasure Ex 1:11
Commercial Isa 23:11; Eze 27:3
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
Besieged De 28:52; 2Ki 19:24,25
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
Riches Pr 10:15