Design of
Isaiah 62:10
MADE OF Brass
Psalm 107:16; Isaiah 45:2
Iron
Acts 12:10
Often two-leaved
Isaiah 45:1
Fastened with bars of iron
Psalm 107:16; Isaiah 45:2
MADE TO Cities
1 Kings 17:10
Houses
Luke 16:20; Acts 12:14
Temples
Acts 3:2
Palaces
Esther 5:13
Prisons
Acts 12:10
Camps
Exodus 32:26
Rivers
Nahum 2:6
OF CITIES Chief places of concourse
Proverbs 1:21
Courts of justice held at
Deuteronomy 16:18; 2 Samuel 15:2; Proverbs 22:22,23
Land sold at
Genesis 23:10,16
Land redeemed at
2 Kings 7:1,18
Markets held at
2 Kings 7:1,18
Proclamations made at
Proverbs 1:21; Jeremiah 17:19
Councils of state held at
2 Chronicles 18:9; Jeremiah 39:3
Conferences held at
Genesis 34:20; 2 Samuel 3:27
Public commendation given at
Proverbs 31:23,31
Public censure passed at
Job 5:4; Isaiah 29:21
Shut at night-fall
Joshua 2:5; Nehemiah 13:19
Chief points of attack in war
Judges 5:8; Isaiah 22:7; Ezekiel 21:15
Battering rams used against
Ezekiel 21:22
Experienced officers placed over
2 Kings 7:17
Troops reviewed at, going to war
2 Samuel 18:4
Often razed and burned
Nehemiah 1:3; Lamentations 2:9
Idolatrous rites performed at
Acts 14:13
Criminals punished at
Deuteronomy 17:5; Jeremiah 20:2
Custom of sitting at, in the evening, alluded to
Genesis 19:1
OF THE TEMPLE Called gates of Zion
Lamentations 1:4
Called gates of righteousness
Psalm 118:19
Called gates of the Lord
Psalm 118:20
Overlaid with gold
2 Kings 18:16
One specially beautiful
Acts 3:2
Levites the porters of
2 Chronicles 8:14; 23:4
Charge of, given by lot
1 Chronicles 26:13-19
The treasury placed at
2 Chronicles 24:8; Mark 12:41
The pious Israelites delighted to enter
Psalm 118:19,20; 100:4
Frequented by beggars
Acts 3:2
OF JERUSALEM High gate of Benjamin
Jeremiah 20:2; 37:13
Fish gate
2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 3:3
Sheep gate
Nehemiah 3:1; John 5:2
Gate of Miphkad
Nehemiah 3:31
Gate of Ephraim
Nehemiah 12:39
Valley gate
2 Chronicles 26:9; Nehemiah 2:13
Water gate
Nehemiah 3:26; 8:3
Horse gate
2 Chronicles 23:15; Nehemiah 3:28
Old gate
Nehemiah 3:6; 12:39
Corner gate
2 Chronicles 26:9
Dung gate
Nehemiah 3:14; 12:31
Gate of the fountain
Nehemiah 3:15
Carcase of sin-offering burned without
Leviticus 4:12; Hebrews 13:11-13
Criminals generally punished without
Leviticus 24:23; John 19:17; Hebrews 13:12
ILLUSTRATIVE Of Christ
John 10:9
(Of heaven,) of access to God
Genesis 28:12-17
(Of hell,) of Satan's power
Matthew 16:18
(Of the grave,) of death
Isaiah 38:10
(Strait,) of the entrance to life
Matthew 7:14
(Wide,) of the entrance to ruin
Matthew 7:13