Gates

Design of — Isa 62:10.

Made of

Brass. — Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2.

Iron. — Ac 12:10.

Often two-leaved — Isa 45:1.

Fastened with bars of iron — Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2.

Made to

Cities. — 1Ki 17:10.

Houses. — Lu 16:20; Ac 12:14.

Temples. — Ac 3:2.

Palaces. — Es 5:13.

Prisons. — Ac 12:10.

Camps. — Ex 32:26.

Rivers. — Na 2:6.

Of cities

Chief places of concourse. — Pr 1:21.

Courts of justice held at. — De 16:18; 2Sa 15:2; Pr 22:22,23.

Land sold at. — Ge 23:10,16.

Land redeemed at. — 2Ki 7:1,18.

Markets held at. — 2Ki 7:1,18.

Proclamations made at. — Pr 1:21; Jer 17:19.

Councils of state held at. — 2Ch 18:9; Jer 39:3.

Conferences held at. — Ge 34:20; 2Sa 3:27.

Public commendation given at. — Pr 31:23,31.

Public censure passed at. — Job 5:4; Isa 29:21.

Shut at night-fall. — Jos 2:5; Ne 13:19.

Chief points of attack in war. — Jdj 5:8; Isa 22:7; Eze 21:15.

Battering rams used against. — Eze 21:22.

Experienced officers placed over. — 2Ki 7:17.

Troops reviewed at, going to war. — 2Sa 18:4.

Often razed and burned. — Ne 1:3; La 2:9.

Idolatrous rites performed at. — Ac 14:13.

Criminals punished at. — De 17:5; Jer 20:2.

Custom of sitting at, in the evening, alluded to. — Ge 19:1.

Of the temple

Called gates of Zion. — La 1:4.

Called gates of righteousness. — Ps 118:19.

Called gates of the Lord. — Ps 118:20.

Overlaid with gold. — 2Ki 18:16.

One specially beautiful. — Ac 3:2.

Levites the porters of. — 2Ch 8:14; 23:4.

Charge of, given by lot. — 1Ch 26:13-19.

The treasury placed at. — 2Ch 24:8; Mr 12:41.

The pious Israelites delighted to enter. — Ps 118:19,20; 100:4.

Frequented by beggars. — Ac 3:2.

Of Jerusalem

High gate of Benjamin. — Jer 20:2; 37:13.

Fish gate. — 2Ch 33:14; Ne 3:3.

Sheep gate. — Ne 3:1; Joh 5:2.

Gate of Miphkad. — Ne 3:31.

Gate of Ephraim. — Ne 12:39.

Valley gate. — 2Ch 26:9; Ne 2:13.

Water gate. — Ne 3:26; 8:3.

Horse gate. — 2Ch 23:15; Ne 3:28.

Old gate. — Ne 3:6; 12:39.

Corner gate. — 2Ch 26:9.

Dung gate. — Ne 3:14; 12:31.

Gate of the fountain. — Ne 3:15.

Carcase of sin-offering burned without — Le 4:12; Heb 13:11-13.

Criminals generally punished without — Le 24:23; Joh 19:17; Heb 13:12.

Illustrative

Of Christ. — Joh 10:9.

(Of heaven,) of access to God. — Ge 28:12-17.

(Of hell,) of Satan’s power. — Mt 16:18.

(Of the grave,) of death. — Isa 38:10.

(Strait,) of the entrance to life. — Mt 7:14.

(Wide,) of the entrance to ruin. — Mt 7:13.