Quotes about Cities
Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.
— 1 Kings 15:23
Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
— Numbers 35:6
And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
— Leviticus 26:25
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
— Genesis 13:12
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
— Jeremiah 2:28
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
— Genesis 10:12
designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
— Numbers 35:11
The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
— Genesis 14:11
I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
— Leviticus 26:31
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
— Isaiah 36:1
For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
— Joshua 21:41
Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
— Joshua 11:13