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Nave Topical Bible
• Walls, of the Cities
• Treasure Cities
• Cities of Refuge
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Thompson Chain Reference
• Store-Cities
• Refuge, Cities of
• Fenced Cities
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Walled Cities
• City; Gates (Cities Etc Listed Separately)
• Cities of Refuge Etc
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Cities of Refuge
• Cities
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Refuge, Cities of
• City
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• City of Refuge
• City
Chabad Knowledge Base
• Cities of Refuge
CARM Theological Dictionary
• Cities of Refuge
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Treasure Cities
• Salt, the City of
• Refuge, Cities of
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Salt, City of
• Fenced Cities
• City
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Storehouse, Storage City
• Salt, City of
• Royal City
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Hitchcock Bible Names
• Shiloh (Name of a City)
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Salt, City of
• Rulers of the City
• Refuge, Cities of
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• City
King James Dictionary
• City
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Salt, City of
• Refuge, Cities of
• Golden City
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Sioux City, Iowa, Diocese of
• Siena, Italy, City of
• Seville, Spain, City of
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• City
• Cities of Refuge
People's Bible Dictionary
• Cities of Refuge
• Cities
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Treasure-cities
• Salt The City of
• Refuge Cities of
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• City
• City
Wilson's Bible Types
• City
Webster Dictionary
• Reserve City
• City
• Cities
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Cities
• Cities of Refuge
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Arkansas City
• Atlantic City
• Baker City
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Adam, City of
• Arba, City of
• Cities of Refuge
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Cities of Refuge
• Refuge Cities of
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Adam (the City).
• Chariot-Cities
• Cities
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Bay City
• Cities of Refuge
• Cities of the Plain
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Archdiocese of Oregon City
• Cities of Refuge
• Diocese of Baker City
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Cities of Refuge
• City
• David, City of
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Lexicons
• ܟ݁ܶܪܟ݁ܶܐ
• ܡܕ݂ܺܝܢ݈ܬ݁ܳܐ
• αὐτός
• ἐκεῖ
• μητρόπολις
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• אַמָּה
• מִבְדָּלוֹת
• מִבְצָר , מִבְצָר
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Cities. The earliest notice, in Scripture, of city-building is of Enoch by Cain, in the land of his exile. Genesis 4:17. After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded Babel, Erech, Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar, and Asshur, a branch from the same stock, built Nineveh, Rehoboth-by-the-river, Calah and Resen, the last being "a great city."

The earliest description of a city, properly so called, is that of Sodom, Genesis 19:1-22. Even before the time of Abraham, there were cities in Egypt, Genesis 12:14-15; Numbers 13:22, and the Israelites, during their sojourn there, were employed in building or fortifying the "treasure cities" of Pithom and Raamses. Exodus 1:11.

Fenced cities, fortified with high walls, Deuteronomy 3:5, were occupied, and perhaps partly rebuilt, after the conquest, by the settled inhabitants of Syria on both sides of the Jordan.