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-Of cities Deuteronomy 3:5; Joshua 6:26; I Samuel 23:7; II Samuel 18:24; II Chronicles 8:5 -Made of iron Acts 12:10 -Made of wood Nehemiah 1:3 -Made of brass Psalms 107:16; Isaiah 45:2 -Double doors Isaiah 45:1; Ezekiel 41:24 -The open square of, a place for idlers Genesis 19:1; I Samuel 4:18; Psalms 69:12; Proverbs 1:21; Jeremiah 17:19, 20 -Religious services held at Acts 14:13 -The law read at Nehemiah 8 -The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions Genesis 23:10, 16 -Conferences on public affairs Genesis 34:20 -Holding courts of justice Deuteronomy 16:18; 21:19; 22:15; Joshua 20:4; Ruth 4:1; II Samuel 15:2; Proverbs 22:22; Zechariah 8:16 -Place for public concourse Genesis 23:10; Proverbs 1:21; 8:3; Jeremiah 14:2; 22:2 -Thrones of kings at I Kings 22:10; II Chronicles 18:9; Jeremiah 38:7; 39:3 -Punishment of criminals outside of Deuteronomy 17:5; Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 7:58; Hebrews 13:12 -Closed at night Joshua 2:5, 7 -Closed on the Sabbath Nehemiah 13:19 -Guards at II Kings 7:17; Nehemiah 13:19, 22 -Jails made in the towers of Jeremiah 20:2 -Bodies of criminals exposed to view at II Kings 10:8 -FIGURATIVE .Of the people of a city Isaiah 3:26 .Of the gospel Isaiah 60:11 .Of the powers of hell (Hades) Matthew 16:18 .Of death Job 38:17; Psalms 9:13 .Of the grave Isaiah 38:10 .Of righteousness Psalms 118:19 .Of salvation Genesis 28:17; Psalms 24:7; 118:19, 20; Isaiah 26:2; Matthew 7:13 .Of death Isaiah 38:10 -SYMBOLICAL Revelation 21:12, 13, 21, 25
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