Bible Verses About Cities

His kingdom began with Bavel, Erekh, Akkad and Kalneh, in the land of Shin‘ar.

Ashur went out from that land and built Ninveh, the city Rechovot, Kelach,

and Resen between Ninveh and Kelach — that one is the great city.

They are to have the cities to live in, while their open land will be for their livestock, for growing crops and for all their animals.

The open land around the cities you give to the L'vi'im is to commence at a line drawn around the city wall 1,500 feet outside it and is to extend outward from there.

Measure 3,000 feet outward from the city wall to the east, south, west and north, with the city in the center. The space between the 1,500-foot line and the 3,000-foot line will be their open land around the cities.

So Y'hoshua set out for 'Ai with all the people who could fight. Y'hoshua chose 30,000 men, the most courageous of his troops, and sent them out by night.

He instructed them, "You are to lie in wait to ambush the city from behind. Stay close to the city; and all of you, be ready.

I and all the troops with me will approach the city; and when they come out to attack us, as they did before, we will run away from them.

They will chase after us until we have drawn them away from the city; because they will say, 'They're running away from us, as they did before'; so we'll run away from them.

Then you will jump up from your ambush position and take possession of the city, for ADONAI your God will hand it over to you.

Rechav'am lived in Yerushalayim and built cities for defense in Y'hudah -

he built Beit-Lechem, 'Eitam, T'koa,

Beit-Tzur, Sokho, 'Adulam,

Gat, Mareshah, Zif,

Adorayim, Lakhish, 'Azekah,

Tzor'ah, Ayalon and Hevron; these are fortified cities in Y'hudah and Binyamin.

He fortified the strongholds, appointed captains in charge of them and supplied them with food, olive oil and wine.

In every city he put shields and spears, making them very strong. Y'hudah and Binyamin stuck with him.

After him the L'vi'im made repairs: Rechum the son of Bani; next to him Hashavyah, leader of half the district of Ke'ilah, made repairs for his district.

After him their colleagues, Bavai the son of Henadad, leader of half the district of Ke'ilah, made repairs.

"Why are we sitting still? Assemble! Let's enter the fortified cities and meet our doom there! For ADONAI our God has doomed us; he has given us bitter water to drink, because we have sinned against ADONAI.

When we look for peace, nothing good comes; when we seek a time of healing, instead there is terror."

From Dan can be heard the snorting of his horses; when his stallions neigh, the whole land trembles. For they come devouring the land and all in it, the city and those who dwell there.