Bible Dictionary: Gates of Cities: Shut at Night-Fall

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Joshua 2:5
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: where the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for you shall overtake them.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Nehemiah 13:19
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
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The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
... Her central place of worship seems, originally, to have been in the region of the
Anti-taurus, and it was there that her sacred cities"Tyana, Venasa, and the ...
/.../chapter iithe power of assyria 2.htm

The Eighteenth Theban Dynasty
... and left to levy contributions on the cities of the ... with the fugitives, had closed
their gates and refused to ... all the kings of the country being shut up within ...
/.../chapter iiithe eighteenth theban dynasty.htm

Ancient Chaldaea
... The gates of heaven are mentioned in the account of ... kinds, the rules for the founding
of cities, and the ... run towards the low limestone hills which shut in the ...
/.../chapter iancient chaldaea.htm

The Last Days of the Old Eastern World
... to secure for him the opening of the gates of Athens ... of land was so narrow, and the
sea so shut in, that ... and had received the homage of the cities of Thessaly ...
/.../chapter iithe last days of 2.htm

the Legendary History of Egypt
... He built cities, among them Thebes itself, according to some ... lay down within it,
immediately the conspirators shut to the ... the means of opening the gates of his ...
/.../chapter iii -the legendary history of.htm

The Reaction against Egypt
... or Lycaonia, across the central steppe and through the Cilician Gates, to the ... of
hostilities with the Khati, Egypt could communicate with the cities of the ...
/.../chapter iithe reaction against egypt.htm

Down the Islands
... have burst into Fairyland"to be at the gates of The ... a comfort to one fresh from the
cities of the ... distances north and south are foreshortened, or shut in by ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter ii down the islands.htm

The Gods of Egypt
... It was the duty of certain genii to open gates in Hades ... Men in their cities saw the
sun faint and fail, and ... is the first to rise, often before nightfall; in the ...
/.../chapter ii the gods of egypt.htm