Design of Isa 62:10
MADE OF
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
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
Gate of Miphkad Ne 3:31
Gate of Ephraim Ne 12:39
Corner gate 2Ch 26:9
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