Cities
120 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
65 sections
- A Great Defence to a Country
- Afforded Refuge in Times of Danger
- Ancient
- Arranged in Streets and Lanes
- Artificial Mode of Supplying Water To
- Built in Desert Places
- Built in Plains
- Built in Pleasant Situations
- Built of Brick and Mortar
- Built of Brick and Slime
- Built of Stone and Wood
- Built with Compactness
- Built: Beside Rivers
- Built: Often of a Square Form
- Built: On Hills
- Built: On Solid Foundations
- Church Triumphant
- Densely Inhabited
- Designated as Chariot
- Designated as Merchant
- Designated as Royal
- Designated as Treasure
- Designed for Habitations
- Different Kinds of Chariot
- Different Kinds of Commercial
- Different Kinds of Fenced
- Different Kinds of Levitical
- Different Kinds of Refuge
- Different Kinds of Royal
- Different Kinds of Store
- Different Kinds of Treasure
- Difficulty of Taking, Alluded To
- Entered Through Gates
- Figurative
- First Mention of
- Fortified
- Furnished with Stores
- Garrisoned in War
- Government of, by Rulers
- Heavenly Inheritance
- Infested by Dogs
- Inhabitants of, Called Citizens
- Numerous
- Often Built to Perpetuate a Name
- Often Deserted on the Approach of an Enemy
- Often Fortified by Art
- Often Fortified by Nature
- Often Founded and Enlarged by Blood and Rapine
- Often Great and Goodly
- Often had Citadels
- Often Insignificant
- Often of Great Antiquity
- Perishable Nature of
- Prosperity of, Increased by Commerce
- Protected at Night by Watchmen
- Provided with Judges
- Riches
- Saints
- Sometimes had Suburbs
- Suburbs of
- Surrounded with Walls
- The Apostasy
- Town Clerk of
- Under Governors
- Visible Church
A Great Defence to a Country
- 2 Chronicles 11:5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
Afforded Refuge in Times of Danger
- Jeremiah 8:14–16 Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. …
Ancient
- Genesis 4:17 And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
- Genesis 10:10–12 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. …
Arranged in Streets and Lanes
- Numbers 22:39 So Balaam accompanied Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
- Zechariah 8:5 And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”
- Luke 14:21 The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, …
Artificial Mode of Supplying Water To
- 2 Kings 18:17 Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of …
- 2 Kings 20:20 As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Built in Desert Places
- 2 Chronicles 8:4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
- Psalm 107:35–36 He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. …
Built in Plains
- Genesis 11:2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
- Genesis 11:4 “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
- Genesis 13:12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Built in Pleasant Situations
- 2 Kings 2:19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
- Psalm 48:2 Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
Built of Brick and Mortar
- Exodus 1:11 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
- Exodus 1:14 and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
Built of Brick and Slime
- Genesis 11:3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
Built of Stone and Wood
- Psalm 102:14 For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
- Ezekiel 26:12 They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
Built with Compactness
- Psalm 122:3 Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,
Built: Beside Rivers
- Psalm 46:4 There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
- Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
Built: Often of a Square Form
- Revelation 21:16 The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal — 12,000 stadia in length and width and height.
Built: On Hills
- Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
- Luke 4:29 They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.
- Revelation 17:9 This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
Built: On Solid Foundations
- Ezra 6:3 In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and …
- Revelation 21:14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Church Triumphant
- Revelation 21:2 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Revelation 22:19 And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.
Densely Inhabited
- Jonah 4:11 So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
- Nahum 3:8 Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
Designated as Chariot
- 2 Chronicles 1:14 Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 8:6 as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses — whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
Designated as Merchant
- Isaiah 23:11 The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
- Ezekiel 17:4 He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
- Ezekiel 27:3 Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
Designated as Royal
- Joshua 10:2 So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
- 1 Samuel 27:5 Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
- 2 Samuel 12:26 Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
- 1 Chronicles 11:7 So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
Designated as Treasure
- Genesis 41:48 During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
- Exodus 1:11 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
- 1 Kings 9:19 as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses — whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
- 2 Chronicles 8:4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
- 2 Chronicles 16:4 And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
- 2 Chronicles 17:12 Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
Designed for Habitations
- Psalm 107:7 He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.
- Psalm 107:36 He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
Different Kinds of Chariot
- 2 Chronicles 1:14 Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
Different Kinds of Commercial
- Isaiah 23:11 The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
- Ezekiel 27:3 Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
Different Kinds of Fenced
- Joshua 10:20 So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.
- Isaiah 36:1 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
Different Kinds of Levitical
- Leviticus 25:32–33 As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess. …
- Numbers 35:7–8 The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands. …
Different Kinds of Refuge
- Numbers 35:6 Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
Different Kinds of Royal
- Numbers 21:26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
- Joshua 10:2 So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
- 2 Samuel 12:26 Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
Different Kinds of Store
- 2 Chronicles 8:4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
- 2 Chronicles 8:6 as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses — whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
Different Kinds of Treasure
- Exodus 1:11 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
Difficulty of Taking, Alluded To
- Proverbs 18:19 An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
- Jeremiah 1:18–19 Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land— against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. …
Entered Through Gates
- Genesis 34:24 All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
- Nehemiah 13:19 When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could …
- Nehemiah 13:22 Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
Figurative
- Hebrews 11:10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
- Hebrews 11:16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
- Hebrews 12:22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
- Hebrews 13:14 For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
First Mention of
- Genesis 4:17 And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
Fortified
- Numbers 32:36 Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.
- Deuteronomy 9:1 Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
- Joshua 10:20 So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.
- Joshua 14:12 Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the …
- 2 Chronicles 8:5 He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
- 2 Chronicles 11:10–12 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. …
- 2 Chronicles 17:2 He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
- 2 Chronicles 17:19 These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 21:3 Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
- Isaiah 23:11 The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
Furnished with Stores
- 2 Chronicles 11:11–12 He strengthened their fortifications and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine. …
Garrisoned in War
- 2 Chronicles 17:2 He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
- 2 Chronicles 17:19 These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
Government of, by Rulers
- Nehemiah 3:9 Next to them, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs;
- Nehemiah 3:12 And next to them, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of the other half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs, with the help of his daughters.
- Nehemiah 3:17–18 Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district. …
- Nehemiah 7:2 Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
Heavenly Inheritance
- Hebrews 11:16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
Infested by Dogs
- 1 Kings 14:11 Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.
- Psalm 59:6 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
- Psalm 59:14 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
Inhabitants of, Called Citizens
- Acts 21:39 But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
Numerous
- Joshua 15:21 These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
- 1 Chronicles 2:22 Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
- Jeremiah 2:28 But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
Often Built to Perpetuate a Name
- Genesis 11:4 “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Often Deserted on the Approach of an Enemy
- 1 Samuel 31:7 When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and …
- Jeremiah 4:20 Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
Often Fortified by Art
- 2 Chronicles 11:5–10 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah. …
- 2 Chronicles 11:23 Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
- Psalm 48:12–13 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers, …
- Jeremiah 4:5 Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
- Daniel 11:15 Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.
Often Fortified by Nature
- Psalm 125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
- Isaiah 33:16 he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
Often Founded and Enlarged by Blood and Rapine
- Micah 3:10 who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
- Habakkuk 2:12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
Often Great and Goodly
- Genesis 10:12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
- Deuteronomy 6:10 And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you— a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
- Daniel 4:30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Jonah 3:3 This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
Often had Citadels
- Judges 9:51 But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
Often Insignificant
- Genesis 19:20 Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there — is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:14 There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
Often of Great Antiquity
- Genesis 10:11–12 From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, …
Perishable Nature of
- Hebrews 13:14 For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Prosperity of, Increased by Commerce
- Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
- Deuteronomy 33:18–19 Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents. …
- Ezekiel 28:5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
Protected at Night by Watchmen
- Psalm 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
- Song of Solomon 5:7 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
- Isaiah 21:11 This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”
Provided with Judges
- Deuteronomy 16:18 You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
- 2 Chronicles 19:5 He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
Riches
- Proverbs 10:15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Saints
- Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Sometimes had Suburbs
- Numbers 35:2 “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
- Joshua 21:3 So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
Suburbs of
- Numbers 35:3–5 The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. …
- Joshua 14:4 The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
Surrounded with Walls
- Deuteronomy 1:28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
- Deuteronomy 3:5 All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.
The Apostasy
- Revelation 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish
- Revelation 17:18 And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
Town Clerk of
- Acts 19:35 Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
Under Governors
- 2 Chronicles 33:14 After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed …
- 2 Corinthians 11:32 In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
Visible Church
- Song of Solomon 3:2–3 I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him. …
- Revelation 11:2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Related topics
Cities of RefugeCities were FrequentlyCities were Called ForCities of Refuge of ChristCities of Refuge of the Hope of the Gospel
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.