Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Nah. ii, 1. He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. Zeph. 1, 16. A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. WALLS. For her Josh. ii, 15. house was upon the town-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. Josh. vi, 5. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. 2 Sam. xxii, 30. For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 2 Kin. vi, 26. And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king! 2 Kin. xviii, 26. Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 2 Chron. xxvii, 3. He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. and it shall consume the palaces Ezek. xiii, 10. Because, even Acts ix, 25. Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. GATES. Gen. xxiii, 10. And Ephron dwelt among the children of Ieth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying. Gen. xxxiv, 20, 24. And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying. And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. Josh. ii, 5. And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whether the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. Judges xvi, 3. And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. 2 Kin. vii, 1, 18. Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy. Isa. xlv, 1, 2. Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron. Jer. xxxix, 3. And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, ecen Nergal - sharezer, Samgar - nebo, Sarsechim. Rab-saris, Nergalsharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. Nah. ii, 6. The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. Acts xiv, 13. Then the priest of Neh. ii, 15, 17. Then went I up in the night by the brook, and Jupiter, which was before their viewed the wall, and turned back, city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have measure of fine flour be sold for a and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. Then shekel, and two measures of bar-done sacrifice with the people. said I unto them, Ye see the dis- ley for a shekel, in the gate of tress that we are in, how Jerusa-Samaria. And it came to pass as lem lieth waste, and the gates the man of God had spoken to the thereof are burned with fire: king, saying, Two measures of come, and let us build up the barley for a shekel, and a measure wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. Neh. iv, 6. So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. Neh. vii, 1. Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed. of fine flour for a shekel, shall be 2 Chron. xviii, 9. And the king before them. Neh. xiii, 19, 22. And it came to Isa. ii, 15. And upon every pass, that when the gates of high tower, and upon every Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that Jer. xlix. 27. And I will kindle the gates should be shut, and a fire in the wall of Damascus, I charged that they should not be fenced wall. 54 Ps. cvii, 16. For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. Prov. i, 21. She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words, saying. Prov. viii, 34. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. Prov. xxxi, 23. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. Isa. Ixil, 10. Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. ad. 11. In the day that thou, stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. Matth. vii. 13. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Matth. xvi, 18. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. STREET S. Gen. xix, 2. And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. many as touched him were made, strange wives in our cities come Luke x, 10. But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say. Luke xiv, 21. So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the servant, Go out quickly into the house being angry said to his streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. CITIES GUARDED. Ps. cvii, 36. And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation. Ps. cxxvii, 1.. ... Except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Cant. v, 7. The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Josh. ii, 19. And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. Isa. xxxii, 18, 19. And my peoJudges xix, 15. And they turn-ple shall dwell in a peaceable ed aside thither, to go in and to habitation, and in sure dwellings, lodge in Gibeah: and when he went and in quiet resting places; When in, he sat him down in a street of it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in the city: for there was no man a low place. that took them into his house to lodging. 2 Sam. 1, 20. Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 1 Kin. xx. 34. And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. Cant. ii, 2. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him GOVERNED BY ELDERS. Deut. xix, 12. Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. Deut. xxi, 6. And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: Josh. xx, 4. And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. Judges viii, 16. And he took the Ruth iv, 2. And he took ten And Ezra x, 14. Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken be turned from us. CITY OF GOD. Ps. xlvi, 4. There is a river, the the city of God, the holy place of streams whereof shall make glad the tabernacles of the most high. and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. P8. xlviii, 1, 8. Great is the LORD, Ps. lxxxvii, 3. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. Isa. lii, 1. Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Dan. ix, 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Matth. iv, 5. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple. Matth. xxvii, 53. And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Rev. xxii, 19. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS. Gen. xxviii, 18. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. Gen. xxxi, 45, 46, 51, 52. And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt ine and thee; This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. Gen. xxxv. 13. 14. And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. Erod. xxiv, 4. And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Deut. xxvii, 4. Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day. in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. his house, but it shall not stand: Job viii, 15. He shall lean upon he shall hold it fast, but it shall ye shall lodge this night. Then I heard long ago how I have done Joshua called the twelve men, it, and of ancient times that I have whom he had prepared of the chil- formed it? now have I brought it dren of Israel, out of every tribe to pass, that thou shouldest be to a man: And Joshua said unto lay waste fenced cities into ruinthem, Pass over before the ark of ous heaps. of Jordan, and take you up every the LORD your God into the midst man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the not endure. number of the tribes of the children of Israel: That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day. And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying. When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? Josh. xxiv, 26, 27. And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. 1 Sam. vii, 12. Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. Josh. iv, 1-9, 20, 21. And it came 2 Sam. xviii, 18. Now Absalom to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that in his lifetime had taken and the LORD spake unto Joshua, say-reared up for himself a pillar, ing, Take you twelve men out of which is in the king's dale: for he the people, out of every tribe a said, I have no son to keep my man, And command ye them, say-name in remembrance: and he ing. Take you hence out of the called the pillar after his own midst of Jordan, out of the place name: and it is called unto this where the priests' feet stood firm, day, Absalom's place. twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where CITIES IN RUINS. 2 Kings xix, 25. Hast thou not Job xxvii, 18. He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. Isa. v. 9. In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, eren great and fair, without inhabitant. 1sa. xiii, 19, 20. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. Isa. xvii, 1. Damascus, Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. The burden of Isa. xxiv, 10, 12. The city of confusion is broken down every house is shut up, that no man may come in. In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. Isa. xxv, 2. For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. Isa. xxvii, 10. Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness. Isa. xxxii, 14. Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the mul titude of the city shall be left. Jer. x, 22. Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate. Jer. xlix. 33. And Hazor shall be a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. Lam. ii, 7-9. The Lono hath cast off his altar; he hath abhorred his sanctuary: he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast. The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the, rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. Her gates are sunk into the ground; be hath destroyed and broken her bars; her king and her princes are mong the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. Ezek. xiii, 11, 12, 14. Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. Evek. xxv, 5. And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching-place for flocks. Amos vi, 11. For, behold, the Load commnandeth, and he will mite the great house with breaches, and the little house with Zeph. ii, 13, 15. And he will stretch out his hand against the Lorth, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, A place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. RESTORATION. Judges xxi, 23. And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they enght: and they went and returne unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. 1 Kings xi, 27. And this was the Canse that he lifted up his hand gainst the king: Solomon built Milo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. Neh, iii, 1, 2, 4-32. Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meal they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of | bars thereof. But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbak, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty. And after him repaired the Levites, Rehu the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part. After him repaired their brethren, Baval the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah. And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall. After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, Paseah, and Meshullam the son of from the door of the house of Besodeiah; they laid the beams Eliashib even to the end of the thereof, and set up the doors house of Eliashib. And after him thereof, and the locks thereof, and repaired the priests, the men of the bars thereof. And next unto the plain. After him repaired them repaired Melatiah the Gibe- Benjamin and Hashub over against onite, and Jadon the Meronothite, their house. After him repaired the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, Azariah the son of Maaseiah the unto the throne of the governor son of Ananiah by his house. on this side the river. Next unto After him repaired Binnui the him repaired Uzziel the son of son of Henadad another piece, Harhalah, of the goldsmiths. from the house of Azariah unto Next unto him also repaired the turning of the wall, even unto Hananiah the son of one of the the corner. Palal the son of Uzai, apothecaries, and they fortified over against the turning of the Jerusalem unto the broad wall, wall, and the tower which lieth And next unto them repaired Re- out from the king's high house, phaiah the son of Hur, the ruler that was by the court of the prison. of the half part of Jerusalem. And After him Pedaiah the son of next unto them repaired Jedaiah Parosh. Moreover the Neththe son of Harumaph, even over inims dwelt in Ophel, unto the against his house. And next unto place over against the water gate him repaired Hattush the son of toward the east, and the tower Hashabniah. Malchijah the son that lieth out. After them the of Harim, and Hashub the son of Tekoites repaired another piece, Pahath-moab, repaired the other over against the great tower that piece, and the tower of the fur- lieth out, even unto the wall of naces. And next unto him re- Ophiel. From above the horse paired Shallum the son of Halo-gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. After 1 Chron. xi, 8. And he built thehesh, the ruler of the half part of ety round about, even from Millo Find about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. 2 Chron. xxix, 3. He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. 2 Chron. xxxii, 5. Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and Jerusalem, he and his daughters. them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. After him repaired Hananiah the son of Stelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against bis chamber. After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of forth of the commandment to rethe merchants, over against the store and to build Jerusalem unto gate Miphkad, and to the going up the Messiah the Prince shall be of the corner. And between the seven weeks, and threescore and going up of the corner unto the two weeks: the street shall be sheep gate repaired the gold-built again, and the wall, even in smiths and the merchants. Nch. iv, 10. And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. Isa. xlv, 13. I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways; he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. Isa. lviii, 12. And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. troublous times. I Amos ix, 11, 14. In that day will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old. And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the and they shall plant vineyards, and waste cities, and inhabit them; drink the wine thereof, they shall also make gardens, and cat the fruit of them. princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great com panies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, Judah, and BenjaAnd certain of the priests' sons min, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, aud Judah, Hanani, Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before thein. And at DEDICATION OF A REBUILT the fountain gate, which was over CITY. Neh. xii, 27-38, 40-42. And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. And the sons of the against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: And the priests, Eliakim, So Isa. Ixi, 4. And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. Ezek. xxxvi, 35, 36. And they shall say, This land that was desolate, is become like the garden of singers gathered themselves toEden; and the waste and de-gether, both out of the plain solate and ruined cities are be- country round about Jerusalem, come fenced, and are inhabited. and from the villages of NetoThen the heathen that are left phathi; Also from the house of round about you shall know that Gilgal, and out of the fields of I the LORD build the ruined Geba and Azmaveth: for the places, and plant that that was singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. And desolate: I the LORD have spoken the priests and the Levites puri-hanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, fied themselves, and purified the and Ezer. And the singers sang people, and the gates, and the loud, with Jezrahiah their overwall, Then I brought up the seer. 58 it, and I will do it. Dan. ix, 25. Know therefore and understand, that from the going Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jeho |