Bible Dictionary: Gates of Cities: Markets Held At

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

2 Kings 7:1,18
Then Elisha said, Hear you the word of the LORD; Thus said the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
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Farewell
... The Fora were of two kinds"fora venalia, "markets," and fora ... Its gates were of brass,
and it was adorned with ... to the Capitol was the asylum (Cities of refuge ...
/.../conversion of a high priest into a christian worker/chapter i farewell.htm

Chaldaean Civilization
... the king would have time to close his gates, and take ... In great cities such as Babylon
the palace occupied a ... affirms that in his time marriage markets were held ...
/.../chapter iiichaldaean civilization.htm

The Persecutions of the Church.
... was made throughout the streets of the cities, and men ... The city gates were guarded
that none might escape; and ... period all provisions sold in the markets, in some ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter ii the persecutions of.htm

The Prophet --His Youth and his Call.
... mixed population in touch with the court and markets of Nineveh ... As many as thy cities
in number So many O ... his throne In the openings of the gates of Jerusalem ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/lecture iii the prophethis youth.htm

Sennacherib (705-681 BC )
... army: Babylon threw open its gates without resistance ... opportune submission had preserved
his cities and country ... by the closing of the Greek and Italian markets. ...
/.../chapter isennacherib 705-681 b c.htm

The Close of the Theban Empire
... principally into the Delta and the cities of Middle ... majority of the citadels shut
their gates in the ... with manufacturing countries, and with the markets of Asia ...
/.../chapter iiithe close of the.htm

The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
... Arvad was, among Phoenician cities, the nearest neighbour ... much modification, to the
markets of the ... the Phoenicians who employed them held continuous commercial ...
/.../chapter iithe rise of the.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... supreme there, but the coalition of those cities on which ... previous to their advent,
Babylon had held undivided sway ... the campaign, and there, at the gates of the ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

Index i. Of Subjects
... Jerusalem, description of, in time of Herod, i.111-113; shops and markets in, 115,
117, 118; ... Hellenic and Herodian cities in, 87, 88; ... its gates, 244; ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/index i of subjects.htm

Ancient Chaldaea
... The gates of heaven are mentioned in the account of the ... all kinds, the rules for
the founding of cities, and the ... were amassed, no one of which was held to be ...
/.../chapter iancient chaldaea.htm