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