Cities: First Mention Of
Cities: Often Built to Perpetuate a Name
Cities: Built
Of brick and slime
Of stone and wood
Of brick and mortar
On solid foundations
With compactness
Often of a square form
Beside rivers
On hills
In plains
In desert places
In pleasant situations
Cities: Were Called For
The family of the founder
The proprietor of the land
The country in which built
Cities: Different Kinds Of
Royal
Num 21:26; Jos 10:2; 2Sa 12:26
Fenced
Treasure
Commercial
Chariot
Store
Levitical
Refuge
Cities: Inhabitants Of, Called Citizens
Cities: Often Had Citadels
Cities: A Great Defence to a Country
Cities: Afforded Refuge in Times of Danger
Cities: Were Frequently
Stormed
Besieged
Pillaged
Wasted by pestilence
Wasted by famine
Depopulated
Burned
Made heaps of ruins
Razed and sown with salt
Cities: Perishable Nature Of
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 (Deuteronmy 3:5) were occupied and perhaps partly rebuilt after the conquest, by the settled inhabitants of Syria on both sides of the Jordan.
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