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

Bibliography Information
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Cities'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ttt/c/cities.html. 1897.

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