Gates Of cities
Deuteronomy 3:5; Joshua 6:26; 1 Samuel 23:7; 2 Samuel 18:24; 2 Chronicles 8:5
Made of:
- Iron
Acts 12:10
- Wood
Nehemiah 1:3
- Brass
Psalms 107:16; Isaiah 45:2
Double doors
Isaiah 45:1; Ezekiel 41:24
The open square of, a place for idlers
Genesis 19:1; 1 Samuel 4:18; Psalms 69:12; Proverbs 1:21; Jeremiah 17:20
Religious services held at
Acts 14:13
The law read at
Nehemiah 8
Place for:
- The transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions
Genesis 23:10; Genesis 23:16
- Conferences on public affairs
Genesis 34:20
- Holding courts of justice
Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy 21:19; Deuteronomy 22:15; Joshua 20:4; Ruth 4:1; 2 Samuel 15:2; Proverbs 22:22; Zechariah 8:16
- Public concourse
Genesis 23:10; Proverbs 1:21; Proverbs 8:3; Jeremiah 14:2; Jeremiah 22:2
Thrones of kings at
1 Kings 22:10; 2 Chronicles 18:9; Jeremiah 38:7; Jeremiah 39:3
Punishment of criminals outside of
Deuteronomy 17:5; Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 7:58; Hebrews 13:12
Closed at night
Joshua 2:5; Joshua 2:7
Closed on the Sabbath
Nehemiah 13:19
Guards at
2 Kings 7:17; Nehemiah 13:19; Nehemiah 13:22
Jails made in the towers of
Jeremiah 20:2
Bodies of criminals exposed to view at
2 Kings 10:8
Figurative:
- Of the people of a city
Isaiah 3:26
- Of the gospel
Isaiah 60:11
- Of the powers of hell
Matthew 16:18
- Of death
Job 38:17; Psalms 9:13; Isaiah 38:10
- Of the grave
Isaiah 38:10
- Of righteousness
Psalms 118:19
- Of salvation
Genesis 28:17; Psalms 24:7; Psalms 118:20; Isaiah 26:2; Matthew 7:13
Symbolic
Revelation 21:13; Revelation 21:21; Revelation 21:25