Bible Concordances
Cities

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• 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