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Description: Genesis 7:11

NET Translation: In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month—on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodGates of the heavens were opened.

DARBY Translation: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

KJV Translation: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Keywords: Heaven, Rain

Description: Genesis 8:2

NET Translation: The fountains of the deep and the floodGates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

DARBY Translation: And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.

KJV Translation: The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Keywords: Gate, Lot, Sodom

Description: Genesis 19:1

NET Translation: The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s Gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

DARBY Translation: And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the Gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed down, the face toward the ground,

KJV Translation: And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the Gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing [them] rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

Verse Intro: God Rescues Lot

Keywords: Bless, Gate, Seed, Stars, Sand, Dust

Description: Genesis 22:17

NET Translation: I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

DARBY Translation: I will richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the Gate of his enemies;

KJV Translation: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the Gate of his enemies;

Keywords: Gate

Description: Genesis 23:10

NET Translation: (Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hittite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth—before all who entered the Gate of his city—

DARBY Translation: And Ephron was dwelling among the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, [even] of all that went in at the Gate of his city, saying,

KJV Translation: And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, [even] of all that went in at the Gate of his city, saying,

Keywords: Children, Gate

Description: Genesis 23:18

NET Translation: as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the Gate of Ephron’s city.

DARBY Translation: were assured to Abraham for a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the Gate of his city.

KJV Translation: Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the Gate of his city.

Keywords: Gate, Seed

Description: Genesis 24:60

NET Translation: They blessed Rebekah with these words: “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies.”

DARBY Translation: And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; mayest thou become thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the Gate of their enemies!

KJV Translation: And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the Gate of those which hate them.

Keywords: Fear

Description: Genesis 28:17

NET Translation: He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the Gate of heaven!”

DARBY Translation: And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the Gate of heaven.

KJV Translation: And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this [is] the Gate of heaven.

Keywords: Gate

Description: Genesis 34:20

NET Translation: So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the Gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

DARBY Translation: And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the Gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

KJV Translation: And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the Gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Keywords: Gate, Circumcision

Description: Genesis 34:24

NET Translation: All the men who assembled at the city Gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city Gate was circumcised.

DARBY Translation: And all that went out at the Gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised all that went out at the Gate of his city.

KJV Translation: And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the Gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the Gate of his city.

Description: Exodus 9:7

NET Translation: Pharaoh sent representatives to investiGate, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not release the people.

DARBY Translation: And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

KJV Translation: And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

Keywords: Seven, Sabbath, Work

Description: Exodus 20:10

NET Translation: but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your Gates.

DARBY Translation: but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy Gates.

KJV Translation: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy Gates:

Description: Exodus 27:14

NET Translation: The hangings on one side of the Gate are to be 22½ feet long, with their three posts and their three bases.

DARBY Translation: the hangings on the one wing, of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their bases three.

KJV Translation: The hangings of one side [of the Gate shall be] fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Keywords: Court, Gate

Description: Exodus 27:16

NET Translation: For the Gate of the courtyard there is to be a curtain of 30 feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four posts and their four bases.

DARBY Translation: And for the Gate of the court a curtain of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, embroidered with needlework; their pillars four, and their bases four.

KJV Translation: And for the Gate of the court [shall be] an hanging of twenty cubits, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: [and] their pillars [shall be] four, and their sockets four.

Description: Exodus 28:19

NET Translation: and the third row, a jacinth, an aGate, and an amethyst;

DARBY Translation: and the third row, an opal, an aGate, and an amethyst;

KJV Translation: And the third row a ligure, an aGate, and an amethyst.

Keywords: Gate, Levi, Moses, Lord's side

Description: Exodus 32:26

NET Translation: So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him,

DARBY Translation: And Moses stood in the Gate of the camp, and said, He that is for Jehovah, [let him come] to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered to him.

KJV Translation: Then Moses stood in the Gate of the camp, and said, Who [is] on the LORD'S side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

Description: Exodus 32:27

NET Translation: and he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said ‘Each man fasten his sword on his side, and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

DARBY Translation: And he said to them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his hip; go and return from Gate to Gate through the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbour.

KJV Translation: And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, [and] go in and out from Gate to Gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

Description: Exodus 35:17

NET Translation: the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the Gateway to the courtyard;

DARBY Translation: the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the curtains of the Gate of the court;

KJV Translation: The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,

Description: Exodus 38:14

NET Translation: with hangings on one side of the Gate that were 22½ feet long, with their three posts and their three bases,

DARBY Translation: the hangings on the one wing of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three;

KJV Translation: The hangings of the one side [of the Gate were] fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Keywords: Gate

Description: Exodus 38:15

NET Translation: and for the second side of the Gate of the courtyard, just like the other, the hangings were 22½ feet long, with their three posts and their three bases.

DARBY Translation: and on the other wing, on this side as on that side of the Gate of the court, hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three.

KJV Translation: And for the other side of the court Gate, on this hand and that hand, [were] hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Description: Exodus 38:18

NET Translation: The curtain for the Gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was 30 feet long and, like the hangings in the courtyard, it was 7½ feet high,

DARBY Translation: And the curtain of the Gate of the court was of embroidery of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; and the length was twenty cubits, and the height like the breadth, five cubits, just as the hangings of the court;

KJV Translation: And the hanging for the Gate of the court [was] needlework, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits [was] the length, and the height in the breadth [was] five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

Description: Exodus 38:31

NET Translation: the bases for the courtyard all around, the bases for the Gate of the courtyard, all the tent pegs of the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard all around.

DARBY Translation: And the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the Gate of the court, and all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs of the court round about.

KJV Translation: And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court Gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

Description: Exodus 39:12

NET Translation: and the third row, a jacinth, an aGate, and an amethyst;

DARBY Translation: and the third row, an opal, an aGate, and an amethyst;

KJV Translation: And the third row, a ligure, an aGate, and an amethyst.

Description: Exodus 39:40

NET Translation: the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the Gateway of the courtyard, its ropes and its tent pegs, and all the furnishings for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

DARBY Translation: the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases; and the curtain for the Gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs; and all the vessel's of service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

KJV Translation: The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court Gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

Description: Exodus 40:8

NET Translation: You are to set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the Gate of the courtyard.

DARBY Translation: And thou shalt fix the court round about, and hang up the curtain at the Gate of the court.

KJV Translation: And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court Gate.

Keywords: Moses, Finished, Tabernacle

Description: Exodus 40:33

NET Translation: And he set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and put the curtain at the Gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

DARBY Translation: And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the curtain of the Gate of the court. And so Moses finished the work.

KJV Translation: And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court Gate. So Moses finished the work.

Keywords: Door, Gate

Description: Numbers 4:26

NET Translation: the hangings for the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the Gate of the court, which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes, along with all the furnishings for their service and everything that is made for them. So they are to serve.

DARBY Translation: and the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the entrance, of the Gate of the court, which surroundeth the tabernacle and the altar, and the cords thereof, and all the instruments of their service; and all that is to be done for these things shall they perform.

KJV Translation: And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the Gate of the court, which [is] by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

Keywords: Send, Search, Spies

Description: Numbers 13:2

NET Translation: “Send out men to investiGate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”

DARBY Translation: Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.

KJV Translation: Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

Keywords: Hoshea, Joshua, Nun

Description: Numbers 13:16

NET Translation: These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investiGate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.

DARBY Translation: These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.

KJV Translation: These [are] the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

Keywords: Negev

Description: Numbers 13:17

NET Translation: When Moses sent them to investiGate the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country

DARBY Translation: And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,

KJV Translation: And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this [way] southward, and go up into the mountain:

Keywords: Zin, Rehob, Hamath

Description: Numbers 13:21

NET Translation: So they went up and investiGated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at Lebo Hamath.

DARBY Translation: And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.

KJV Translation: So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

Keywords: Report

Description: Numbers 13:32

NET Translation: Then they presented the Israelites with a discouraging report of the land they had investiGated, saying, “The land that we passed through to investiGate is a land that devours its inhabitants. All the people we saw there are of great stature.

DARBY Translation: And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out, saying, The land, which we have passed through to search it out, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature;

KJV Translation: And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature.

Keywords: Joshua, Caleb

Description: Numbers 14:6

NET Translation: And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investiGated the land, tore their garments.

DARBY Translation: And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of them that searched out the land, rent their garments.

KJV Translation: And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

Description: Numbers 14:7

NET Translation: They said to the whole community of the Israelites, “The land we passed through to investiGate is an exceedingly good land.

DARBY Translation: And they spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it out, is a very, very good land.

KJV Translation: And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, [is] an exceeding good land.

Keywords: Forty, Days, Years

Description: Numbers 14:34

NET Translation: According to the number of the days you have investiGated this land, forty days—one day for a year—you will suffer for your iniquities, forty years, and you will know what it means to thwart me.

DARBY Translation: After the number of the days in which ye have searched out the land, forty days, each day for a year shall ye bear your iniquities forty years, and ye shall know mine estrangement [from you].

KJV Translation: After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, [even] forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, [even] forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

Description: Numbers 14:36

NET Translation: The men whom Moses sent to investiGate the land, who returned and made the whole community murmur against him by producing an evil report about the land,

DARBY Translation: And the men whom Moses had sent to search out the land, who returned, and made the whole assembly to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report upon the land,

KJV Translation: And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

Description: Numbers 14:38

NET Translation: But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the men who went to investiGate the land, lived.

DARBY Translation: But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, lived still of the men that had gone to search out the land.

KJV Translation: But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of the men that went to search the land, lived [still].

Description: Numbers 27:20

NET Translation: Then you must deleGate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient.

DARBY Translation: And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him.

KJV Translation: And thou shalt put [some] of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

Description: Deuteronomy 3:5

NET Translation: All of these cities were fortified by high walls, Gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.

DARBY Translation: All these cities were fortified with high walls, Gates, and bars; besides unwalled towns very many.

KJV Translation: All these cities [were] fenced with high walls, Gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

Keywords: Rest, Sabbath, Seven

Description: Deuteronomy 5:14

NET Translation: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the resident foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.

DARBY Translation: but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner that is within thy Gates; that thy bondman and thy handmaid may rest as well as thou.

KJV Translation: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy Gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

Description: Deuteronomy 6:9

NET Translation: Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and Gates.

DARBY Translation: And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy Gates.

KJV Translation: And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy Gates.

Description: Deuteronomy 11:10

NET Translation: For the land where you are headed is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, a land where you planted seed and which you irriGated by hand like a vegetable garden.

DARBY Translation: For the land, whither thou enterest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;

KJV Translation: For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst [it] with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:

Description: Deuteronomy 11:20

NET Translation: Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your Gates

DARBY Translation: and write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy Gates;

KJV Translation: And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy Gates:

Description: Deuteronomy 12:12

NET Translation: You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).

DARBY Translation: And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your bondmen, and your handmaids, and the Levite that is within your Gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.

KJV Translation: And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that [is] within your Gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

Description: Deuteronomy 12:15

NET Translation: On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the Lord your God blesses you in all your villages. Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex.

DARBY Translation: Nevertheless, according to all the desire of thy soul thou mayest slay and eat flesh in all thy Gates, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and the hart.

KJV Translation: Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy Gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

Description: Deuteronomy 12:17

NET Translation: You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings.

DARBY Translation: Thou mayest not eat within thy Gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy kine or of thy sheep, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy voluntary-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

KJV Translation: Thou mayest not eat within thy Gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

Description: Deuteronomy 12:18

NET Translation: Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor.

DARBY Translation: but before Jehovah thy God shalt thou eat them in the place which Jehovah thy God will choose, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is within thy Gates; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all the business of thy hand.

KJV Translation: But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy Gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

Description: Deuteronomy 12:21

NET Translation: If the place he chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages just as you wish.

DARBY Translation: If the place which Jehovah thy God will choose to set his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt slay of thy kine and of thy sheep which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy Gates according to all the desire of thy soul.

KJV Translation: If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy Gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

Description: Deuteronomy 13:14

NET Translation: You must investiGate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,

DARBY Translation: then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and if it be truth, [and] the thing be certain, that this abomination hath happened in the midst of thee,

KJV Translation: Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, [if it be] truth, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought among you;

Description: Deuteronomy 14:21

NET Translation: You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the Lord your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

DARBY Translation: Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy Gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

KJV Translation: Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that [is] in thy Gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Description: Deuteronomy 14:27

NET Translation: As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you.

DARBY Translation: And thou shalt not forsake the Levite that is within thy Gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

KJV Translation: And the Levite that [is] within thy Gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

Description: Deuteronomy 14:28

NET Translation: At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages.

DARBY Translation: At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy Gates;

KJV Translation: At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay [it] up within thy Gates:

Description: Deuteronomy 14:29

NET Translation: Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.

DARBY Translation: and the Levite for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy Gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

KJV Translation: And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [are] within thy Gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

Description: Deuteronomy 15:7

NET Translation: If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the Lord your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition.

DARBY Translation: If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy Gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;

KJV Translation: If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy Gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Description: Deuteronomy 15:22

NET Translation: You may eat it in your villages, whether you are ritually impure or clean, just as you would eat a gazelle or an ibex.

DARBY Translation: In thy Gates shalt thou eat it; the unclean and the clean [shall eat it] alike, as the gazelle and as the hart.

KJV Translation: Thou shalt eat it within thy Gates: the unclean and the clean [person shall eat it] alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

Description: Deuteronomy 16:5

NET Translation: You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages that the Lord your God is giving you,

DARBY Translation: Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover in one of thy Gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee;

KJV Translation: Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy Gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:

Description: Deuteronomy 16:11

NET Translation: You shall rejoice before him—you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you—in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.

DARBY Translation: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is in thy Gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow that are in thy midst in the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there.

KJV Translation: And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy Gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

Description: Deuteronomy 16:14

NET Translation: You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages.

DARBY Translation: And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy Gates.

KJV Translation: And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy Gates.

Keywords: Justice, Judgment

Description: Deuteronomy 16:18

NET Translation: You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

DARBY Translation: Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy Gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment.

KJV Translation: Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy Gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

Verse Intro: Justice

Description: Deuteronomy 17:2

NET Translation: Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you in one of your villages that the Lord your God is giving you who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant

DARBY Translation: If there be found in thy midst in any of thy Gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth what is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

KJV Translation: If there be found among you, within any of thy Gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

Description: Deuteronomy 17:4

NET Translation: When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investiGate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,

DARBY Translation: and it be told thee, and thou hearest of it; then thou shalt make thorough inquiry, and if it be truth [and] the thing be certain, that this abomination hath been wrought in Israel,

KJV Translation: And it be told thee, and thou hast heard [of it], and enquired diligently, and, behold, [it be] true, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought in Israel:

Description: Deuteronomy 17:5

NET Translation: you must bring to your city Gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing—that very man or woman—and you must stone that person to death.

DARBY Translation: thou shalt bring forth that man or that woman, who committed that wicked thing, unto thy Gates, the man or the woman, and shalt stone them with stones, that they die.

KJV Translation: Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy Gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

Description: Deuteronomy 17:8

NET Translation: If a matter is too difficult for you to judge—bloodshed, legal claim, or assault—matters of controversy in your villages—you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.

DARBY Translation: If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, matters of controversy within thy Gates, then shalt thou arise, and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose.

KJV Translation: If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, [being] matters of controversy within thy Gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

Verse Intro: Legal Decisions by Priests and Judges

Description: Deuteronomy 18:6

NET Translation: Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the Lord chooses

DARBY Translation: And if the Levite shall come from one of thy Gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and shall come according to all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah will choose,

KJV Translation: And if a Levite come from any of thy Gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;

Description: Deuteronomy 19:18

NET Translation: The judges will thoroughly investiGate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

DARBY Translation: and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,

KJV Translation: And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, [if] the witness [be] a false witness, [and] hath testified falsely against his brother;

Description: Deuteronomy 21:19

NET Translation: his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the Gate of his city.

DARBY Translation: then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the Gate of his place;

KJV Translation: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the Gate of his place;

Description: Deuteronomy 21:20

NET Translation: They must declare to the elders of his city, “Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say—he is a glutton and drunkard.”

DARBY Translation: and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is unmanageable and rebellious, he hearkeneth not unto our voice; he is a profliGate and a drunkard.

KJV Translation: And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard.

Description: Deuteronomy 22:15

NET Translation: Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the Gate.

DARBY Translation: then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the Gate;

KJV Translation: Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth [the tokens of] the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the Gate:

Description: Deuteronomy 22:24

NET Translation: you must bring the two of them to the Gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you.

DARBY Translation: then ye shall bring them both out unto the Gate of that city, and stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

KJV Translation: Then ye shall bring them both out unto the Gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

Description: Deuteronomy 23:16

NET Translation: Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages he prefers; you must not oppress him.

DARBY Translation: he shall dwell with thee, even in thy midst, in the place that he shall choose in one of thy Gates, where it seemeth good to him; thou shalt not oppress him.

KJV Translation: He shall dwell with thee, [even] among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy Gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

Description: Deuteronomy 24:5

NET Translation: When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obliGated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

DARBY Translation: When a man hath newly taken a wife, he shall not go out with the army, neither shall any kind of business be imposed upon him; he shall be free for his house one year, and shall gladden his wife whom he hath taken.

KJV Translation: When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: [but] he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

Description: Deuteronomy 24:14

NET Translation: You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant [who is] poor and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners who are in thy land within thy Gates:

KJV Translation: Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy Gates:

Keywords: Gate

Description: Deuteronomy 25:7

NET Translation: But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, then she must go to the elders at the town Gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!”

DARBY Translation: But if the man like not to take his brother's wife, his brother's wife shall go up to the Gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel: he will not perform for me the duty of a husband's brother.

KJV Translation: And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the Gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

Keywords: Third

Description: Deuteronomy 26:12

NET Translation: When you finish tithing all your income in the third year (the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages.

DARBY Translation: When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thy produce in the third year, the year of tithing, thou shalt give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat in thy Gates, and be filled;

KJV Translation: When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, [which is] the year of tithing, and hast given [it] unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy Gates, and be filled;

Verse Intro: Offering the Third-Year Tithe

Description: Deuteronomy 28:52

NET Translation: They will besiege all of your villages until all of your high and fortified walls collapse—those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

DARBY Translation: And he shall besiege thee in all thy Gates, until thy high and strong walls wherein thou trustedst come down, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy Gates in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.

KJV Translation: And he shall besiege thee in all thy Gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy Gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Description: Deuteronomy 28:55

NET Translation: He will withhold from all of them his children’s flesh that he is eating (since there is nothing else left), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

DARBY Translation: so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children that he eateth, because he hath nothing left him in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy Gates.

KJV Translation: So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy Gates.

Description: Deuteronomy 28:57

NET Translation: and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children (since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

DARBY Translation: because of her afterbirth which hath come out between her feet, and her children whom she shall bear; for she shall secretly eat them for want of everything in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy Gates.

KJV Translation: And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all [things] secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy Gates.

Description: Deuteronomy 31:12

NET Translation: Gather the people—men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages—so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the words of this law.

DARBY Translation: Gather the people together, the men, and the women, and the children, and thy stranger that is within thy Gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and take heed to do all the words of this law;

KJV Translation: Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that [is] within thy Gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

Description: Deuteronomy 33:25

NET Translation: The bars of your Gates will be made of iron and bronze, and may you have lifelong strength.”

DARBY Translation: Iron and brass shall be thy bolts; And thy rest as thy days.

KJV Translation: Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].

Description: Joshua 2:5

NET Translation: When it was time to shut the city Gate for the night, the men left. I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

DARBY Translation: and it came to pass when the Gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

KJV Translation: And it came to pass [about the time] of shutting of the Gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

Description: Joshua 2:7

NET Translation: Meanwhile, the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city Gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.

DARBY Translation: And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the Gate.

KJV Translation: And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the Gate.

Keywords: Jericho, Curse

Description: Joshua 6:26

NET Translation: At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration: “The man who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho will stand condemned before the Lord. He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its Gates!”

DARBY Translation: And Joshua swore at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah who shall rise up and build this city Jericho! In his first-born shall he lay its foundation, and in his youngest son shall he set up its Gates.

KJV Translation: And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest [son] shall he set up the Gates of it.

Description: Joshua 7:5

NET Translation: The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city Gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.

DARBY Translation: And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men; and they pursued them from before the Gate to Shebarim, and smote them on the descent. Then the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

KJV Translation: And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them [from] before the Gate [even] unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

Keywords: Stones

Description: Joshua 8:29

NET Translation: He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city Gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).

DARBY Translation: And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcase down from the tree, and threw it down at the entrance of the Gate of the city, and raised upon it a great heap of stones, [which remains] to this day.

KJV Translation: And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the Gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto this day.

Description: Joshua 20:4

NET Translation: The one who committed manslaughter should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city Gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.

DARBY Translation: And he shall flee unto one of those cities and stand at the entrance of the city-Gate, and shall declare his matter in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

KJV Translation: And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the Gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

Description: Judges 5:8

NET Translation: God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city Gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found among forty military units in Israel.

DARBY Translation: They chose new gods; then was war in the Gates: Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

KJV Translation: They chose new gods; then [was] war in the Gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

Description: Judges 5:11

NET Translation: Hear the sound of those who divide the sheep among the watering places; there they tell of the Lord’s victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors in Israel. Then the Lord’s people went down to the city Gates—

DARBY Translation: Because of the voice of those who divide [the spoil] in the midst of the places of drawing water; There they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah, His righteous acts toward his villages in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the Gates.

KJV Translation: [They that are delivered] from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, [even] the righteous acts [toward the inhabitants] of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the Gates.

Description: Judges 6:29

NET Translation: They said to one another, “Who did this?” They investiGated the matter thoroughly and concluded that Gideon son of Joash had done it.

DARBY Translation: And they said one to another, Who has done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.

KJV Translation: And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.

Description: Judges 8:14

NET Translation: He captured a young man from Sukkoth and interroGated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Sukkoth’s officials and city leaders—seventy-seven men in all.

DARBY Translation: And he caught a youth of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the chief men of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy-seven men.

KJV Translation: And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, [even] threescore and seventeen men.

Description: Judges 9:35

NET Translation: When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city’s Gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.

DARBY Translation: And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the Gate of the city. Then Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, out of the ambush.

KJV Translation: And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the Gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that [were] with him, from lying in wait.

Description: Judges 9:40

NET Translation: Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ran from him. Many Shechemites fell wounded at the entrance of the Gate.

DARBY Translation: And Abimelech pursued him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, as far as the entrance of the Gate.

KJV Translation: And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown [and] wounded, [even] unto the entering of the Gate.

Description: Judges 9:44

NET Translation: Abimelech and his units attacked and blocked the entrance to the city’s Gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.

DARBY Translation: And Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the Gate of the city; and two of the companies ran upon all that were in the fields, and slew them.

KJV Translation: And Abimelech, and the company that [was] with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the Gate of the city: and the two [other] companies ran upon all [the people] that [were] in the fields, and slew them.

Description: Judges 16:1

NET Translation: Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and slept with her.

DARBY Translation: And Samson went to Gazah, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.

KJV Translation: Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

Verse Intro: Samson Carries Gates of Gaza

Description: Judges 16:2

NET Translation: The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” So they surrounded the town and hid all night at the city Gate, waiting for him to leave. They relaxed all night, thinking, “He will not leave until morning comes; then we will kill him!”

DARBY Translation: [And it was told] the Gazathites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they surrounded [him], and laid wait for him all night at the Gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning light we will kill him.

KJV Translation: [And it was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed [him] in, and laid wait for him all night in the Gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

Description: Judges 16:3

NET Translation: Samson spent half the night with the prostitute; then he got up in the middle of the night and left. He grabbed the doors of the city Gate, as well as the two posts, and pulled them right off, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of a hill east of Hebron.

DARBY Translation: And Samson lay till midnight; and he arose at midnight, and seized the doors of the Gate of the city, and the two posts, and tore them up with the bar, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

KJV Translation: And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the Gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that [is] before Hebron.

Description: Judges 18:16

NET Translation: Meanwhile the 600 Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the Gate.

DARBY Translation: And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the Gate.

KJV Translation: And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which [were] of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the Gate.

Description: Judges 18:17

NET Translation: The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the Gate with the 600 fully armed men.

DARBY Translation: And the five men that had gone to spy out the land went up, entered in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood at the entrance of the Gate with the six hundred men that were girded with weapons of war.

KJV Translation: And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, [and] came in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the Gate with the six hundred men [that were] appointed with weapons of war.

Description: Ruth 3:11

NET Translation: Now, my dear, don’t worry! I intend to do for you everything you propose, for everyone in the village knows that you are a worthy woman.

DARBY Translation: And now, my daughter, fear not: all that thou sayest will I do to thee; for all the Gate of my people knows that thou art a woman of worth.

KJV Translation: And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou [art] a virtuous woman.

Description: Ruth 4:1

NET Translation: Now Boaz went up to the village Gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth. Boaz said, “Come here, what’s-your-name, and sit down.” So he came and sat down.

DARBY Translation: And Boaz went up to the Gate, and sat down there. And behold, he that had the right of redemption, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. And he said, Thou, such a one, turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside and sat down.

KJV Translation: Then went Boaz up to the Gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

Description: Ruth 4:10

NET Translation: I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today.”

DARBY Translation: moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren and from the Gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

KJV Translation: Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the Gate of his place: ye [are] witnesses this day.

Description: Ruth 4:11

NET Translation: All the people who were at the Gate and the elders replied, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.

DARBY Translation: And all the people that were in the Gate and the elders said, [We are] witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that cometh into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and acquire power in Ephratah, and make thyself a name in Bethlehem;

KJV Translation: And all the people that [were] in the Gate, and the elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

Keywords: Ark, Forty, Israel

Description: 1 Samuel 4:18

NET Translation: When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the Gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

DARBY Translation: And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the Gate, and his neck broke, and he died; for the man was old, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the Gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

Keywords: Ear, Pray, Samuel, Saul

Description: 1 Samuel 9:18

NET Translation: As Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the Gate, he said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

DARBY Translation: And Saul drew near to Samuel in the midst of the Gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.

KJV Translation: Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the Gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house [is].

Keywords: Philistines

Description: 1 Samuel 13:12

NET Translation: I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt obliGated to offer the burnt offering.”

DARBY Translation: I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to Jehovah; and I forced myself, and offered up the burnt-offering.

KJV Translation: Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

Keywords: Israel, Judah, Philistines

Description: 1 Samuel 17:52

NET Translation: Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very Gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

DARBY Translation: And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to the ravine and to the Gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down on the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.

KJV Translation: And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the Gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

Description: 1 Samuel 21:13

NET Translation: He altered his behavior in their presence. Since he was in their power, he pretended to be insane, making marks on the doors of the Gate and letting his saliva run down his beard.

DARBY Translation: And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scratched on the doors of the Gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

KJV Translation: And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the Gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

Keywords: David, God, Saul

Description: 1 Samuel 23:7

NET Translation: When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred Gates.”

DARBY Translation: And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Then Saul said, God has cast him off into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a city that has Gates and bars.

KJV Translation: And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath Gates and bars.

Keywords: Children, Ear, Inheritance, King, Pray

Description: 1 Samuel 26:19

NET Translation: So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instiGated this, may they be cursed before the Lord! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the Lord’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go on, serve other gods!’

DARBY Translation: And now, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If Jehovah have moved thee against me, let him accept an oblation; but if the sons of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day from adhering to the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.

KJV Translation: Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if [they be] the children of men, cursed [be] they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

Keywords: Blood, Gate, Joab, Mote

Description: 2 Samuel 3:27

NET Translation: When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the Gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.

DARBY Translation: And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the Gate to speak with him secretly, and smote him there in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

KJV Translation: And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the Gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth [rib], that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

Keywords: Ammon, Children

Description: 2 Samuel 10:8

NET Translation: The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance of the city Gate, while the men from Aram Zobah, Rehob, Ish Tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

DARBY Translation: And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the Gate; and the Syrians of Zoba and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

KJV Translation: And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the Gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, [were] by themselves in the field.

Keywords: Messenger

Description: 2 Samuel 11:23

NET Translation: The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and attacked us in the field. But we forced them to retreat all the way to the door of the city Gate.

DARBY Translation: And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and came out against us into the field, and we were upon them as far as the entrance of the Gate.

KJV Translation: And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the Gate.

Keywords: Called, Controversy, King, Man, Rose, Servant

Description: 2 Samuel 15:2

NET Translation: Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city Gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I, your servant, am from one of the tribes of Israel.”

DARBY Translation: And Absalom rose early, and stood beside the way of the Gate; and it was so, that when any man who had a controversy had to come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

KJV Translation: And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the Gate: and it was [so], that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city [art] thou? And he said, Thy servant [is] of one of the tribes of Israel.

Keywords: Gate, King

Description: 2 Samuel 18:4

NET Translation: Then the king said to them, “I will do whatever seems best to you.” So the king stayed beside the city Gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands.

DARBY Translation: And the king said to them, I will do what is good in your sight. And the king stood by the Gate-side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

KJV Translation: And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the Gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

Keywords: David, Gate, Man, Watchman

Description: 2 Samuel 18:24

NET Translation: Now David was sitting between the inner and outer Gates, and the watchman went up to the roof over the Gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.

DARBY Translation: And David sat between the two Gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the Gate, on to the wall, and lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man running alone.

KJV Translation: And David sat between the two Gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the Gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

Keywords: Called, King, Man, Watchman

Description: 2 Samuel 18:26

NET Translation: Then the watchman saw another man running. The watchman called out to the Gatekeeper, “There is another man running by himself.” The king said, “This one also is bringing good news.”

DARBY Translation: And the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the porter and said, Behold a man running alone. And the king said, He also is a bearer of news.

KJV Translation: And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold [another] man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

Keywords: God, King, Son

Description: 2 Samuel 18:33

NET Translation: (19:1) The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the Gate and wept. As he went he said, “My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!”

DARBY Translation: And the king was much moved, and went up to the upper chamber of the Gate, and wept; and as he went, he said thus: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died in thy stead, O Absalom, my son, my son!

KJV Translation: And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the Gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Keywords: Israel, King, Man

Description: 2 Samuel 19:8

NET Translation: So the king got up and sat at the city Gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city Gate, they all came before him. But the Israelite soldiers had all fled to their own homes.

DARBY Translation: Then the king arose, and sat in the Gate. And they told all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the Gate. And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

KJV Translation: Then the king arose, and sat in the Gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the Gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

Keywords: David, Water

Description: 2 Samuel 23:15

NET Translation: David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the Gate!”

DARBY Translation: And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the Gate!

KJV Translation: And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which [is] by the Gate!

Keywords: Water

Description: 2 Samuel 23:16

NET Translation: So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the Gate. They carried it back to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord

DARBY Translation: And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the Gate, and took it, and brought it to David; however he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

KJV Translation: And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that [was] by the Gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

Keywords: Son

Description: 1 Kings 4:13

NET Translation: Ben Geber was in charge of Ramoth Gilead; he controlled the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan, including sixty large walled cities with bronze bars locking their Gates.

DARBY Translation: Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead; he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bars of bronze.

KJV Translation: The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; to him [also pertained] the region of Argob, which [is] in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

Keywords: Siege

Description: 1 Kings 8:37

NET Translation: “The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs.

DARBY Translation: If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight, mildew, locust, caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their Gates; whatever plague, whatever sickness there be:

KJV Translation: If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, [or] if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness [there be];

Keywords: Build, Foundation, Joshua, Son

Description: 1 Kings 16:34

NET Translation: During Ahab’s reign, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its Gates, in keeping with the Lord’s message that he had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

DARBY Translation: In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundation in Abiram his firstborn, and set up its Gates in Segub his youngest, according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke through Joshua the son of Nun.

KJV Translation: In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the Gates thereof in his youngest [son] Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

Keywords: Called, Gate, Man, Pray, Rose, Water, Widow

Description: 1 Kings 17:10

NET Translation: So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city Gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a little water in a cup, so I can take a drink.”

DARBY Translation: And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

KJV Translation: So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the Gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

Keywords: Gate, Israel, Jehoshaphat, Judah, King

Description: 1 Kings 22:10

NET Translation: Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the Gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

DARBY Translation: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne, in the open place at the entrance of the Gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

KJV Translation: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the Gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

Keywords: Ear, Elisha, Gate, Measure, Time

Description: 2 Kings 7:1

NET Translation: Elisha replied, “Listen to the Lord’s message. This is what the Lord has said, ‘About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the Gate of Samaria.’”

DARBY Translation: And Elisha said, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah: To-morrow about this time shall the measure of fine flour be at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the Gate of Samaria.

KJV Translation: Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith 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.

Description: 2 Kings 7:3

NET Translation: Now four men with a skin disease were sitting at the entrance of the city Gate. They said to one another, “Why are we just sitting here waiting to die?

DARBY Translation: And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the Gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die?

KJV Translation: And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the Gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

Keywords: Called, Camp, Man

Description: 2 Kings 7:10

NET Translation: So they went and called out to the Gatekeepers of the city. They told them, “We entered the Syrian camp and there was no one there. We didn’t even hear a man’s voice. But the horses and donkeys are still tied up, and the tents remain up.”

DARBY Translation: And they came and called to the porters of the city, and told them saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one there, no sound of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.

KJV Translation: So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, [there was] no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they [were].

Keywords: Called

Description: 2 Kings 7:11

NET Translation: The Gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace.

DARBY Translation: And the porters cried [it] and told [it] to the king's house within.

KJV Translation: And he called the porters; and they told [it] to the king's house within.

Keywords: God, Hand, King, Man

Description: 2 Kings 7:17

NET Translation: Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man at the city Gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the Gate. This fulfilled the prophet’s word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him.

DARBY Translation: And the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the Gate; and the people trampled upon him in the Gate, and he died, according to what the man of God had said, what he had said when the king came down to him.

KJV Translation: And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the Gate: and the people trode upon him in the Gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

Keywords: Ass, Gate, God, Man, Measure, Time

Description: 2 Kings 7:18

NET Translation: The prophet had told the king, “Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the Gate of Samaria.”

DARBY Translation: And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king saying, Two measures of barley shall be at a shekel, and the measure of fine flour at a shekel, to-morrow about this time in the Gate of Samaria.

KJV Translation: And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the Gate of Samaria:

Description: 2 Kings 7:20

NET Translation: This is exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him to death in the city Gate.

DARBY Translation: And so it happened to him; and the people trampled upon him in the Gate, and he died.

KJV Translation: And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the Gate, and he died.

Keywords: Jehu

Description: 2 Kings 9:31

NET Translation: When Jehu came through the Gate, she said, “Is everything all right, Zimri, murderer of his master?”

DARBY Translation: And when Jehu came in at the Gate, she said, Is it peace, Zimri, murderer of his master?

KJV Translation: And as Jehu entered in at the Gate, she said, [Had] Zimri peace, who slew his master?

Keywords: Gate

Description: 2 Kings 10:8

NET Translation: The messenger came and told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city Gate until morning.”

DARBY Translation: And a messenger came and told him saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the Gate until the morning.

KJV Translation: And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the Gate until the morning.

Keywords: Art, Gate, Hind, Watch

Description: 2 Kings 11:6

NET Translation: Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the Gate behind the royal guard. You will take turns guarding the palace.

DARBY Translation: and a third part shall be at the Gate of Sur; and a third part at the Gate behind the couriers; and ye shall keep the watch of the house for a defence.

KJV Translation: And a third part [shall be] at the Gate of Sur; and a third part at the Gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

Keywords: Gate, Guard, King, Throne

Description: 2 Kings 11:19

NET Translation: He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of the land, and together they led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard, and the king sat down on the royal throne.

DARBY Translation: And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the bodyguard, and the couriers, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way through the Gate of the couriers into the king's house. And he sat upon the throne of the kings.

KJV Translation: And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the Gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

Keywords: Amaziah, Ephraim, Gate, Israel, Jehoash, Jerusalem, King, Son, Wall

Description: 2 Kings 14:13

NET Translation: King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He attacked Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—a distance of about 600 feet.

DARBY Translation: And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the corner-Gate, four hundred cubits.

KJV Translation: And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim unto the corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

Keywords: Gate, High Places, Incense

Description: 2 Kings 15:35

NET Translation: But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple.

DARBY Translation: Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper Gate of the house of Jehovah.

KJV Translation: Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher Gate of the house of the LORD.

Keywords: Gate, Hand, High Places, Joshua

Description: 2 Kings 23:8

NET Translation: He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and ruined the high places where the priests had offered sacrifices, from Geba to Beer Sheba. He tore down the high place of the goat idols situated at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city official, on the left side of the city Gate.

DARBY Translation: And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba even to Beer-sheba; and he broke down the high places of the Gates, those at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua the governor of the city, [and] those on the left hand of any [going in] at the Gate of the city.

KJV Translation: And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the Gates that [were] in the entering in of the Gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which [were] on a man's left hand at the Gate of the city.

Keywords: Gate, Night, War

Description: 2 Kings 25:4

NET Translation: The enemy broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the Gate between the two walls, which is near the king’s garden. (The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the rift valley.

DARBY Translation: And the city was broken into; and all the men of war [fled] by night, by the way of the Gate between the two walls, which [leads] to the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.

KJV Translation: And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the Gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.

Description: 1 Chronicles 9:17

NET Translation: The Gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader;

DARBY Translation: And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief.

KJV Translation: And the porters [were], Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum [was] the chief;

Keywords: Children, Gate

Description: 1 Chronicles 9:18

NET Translation: he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the Gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

DARBY Translation: And they have been hitherto in the king's Gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi.

KJV Translation: Who hitherto [waited] in the king's Gate eastward: they [were] porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

Keywords: Son, Work

Description: 1 Chronicles 9:19

NET Translation: Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the Lord’s dwelling place.

DARBY Translation: And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers, set over the camp of Jehovah, were keepers of the entrance.

KJV Translation: And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, [were] over the work of the service, keepers of the Gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, [being] over the host of the LORD, [were] keepers of the entry.

Keywords: Chosen, David, Genealogy, Ordain, Samuel

Description: 1 Chronicles 9:22

NET Translation: All those selected to be Gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet had appointed them to their positions.

DARBY Translation: All these chosen to be doorkeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were registered by genealogy according to their villages: David and Samuel the seer had instituted them in their trust.

KJV Translation: All these [which were] chosen to be porters in the Gates [were] two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

Keywords: Children

Description: 1 Chronicles 9:23

NET Translation: They and their descendants were assigned to guard the Gates of the Lord’s sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle).

DARBY Translation: And they and their sons were at the Gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.

KJV Translation: So they and their children [had] the oversight of the Gates of the house of the LORD, [namely], the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

Description: 1 Chronicles 9:24

NET Translation: The Gatekeepers were posted on all four sides—east, west, north, and south.

DARBY Translation: At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.

KJV Translation: In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

Description: 1 Chronicles 9:26

NET Translation: The four head Gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary.

DARBY Translation: For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;

KJV Translation: For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in [their] set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

Keywords: David, Water

Description: 1 Chronicles 11:17

NET Translation: David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city Gate!”

DARBY Translation: And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the Gate!

KJV Translation: And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that [is] at the Gate!

Keywords: David, Water

Description: 1 Chronicles 11:18

NET Translation: So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city Gate. They carried it back to David, but David refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord

DARBY Translation: And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the Gate, and took it, and brought it to David; David however would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

KJV Translation: And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that [was] by the Gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David: but David would not drink [of] it, but poured it out to the LORD,

Description: 1 Chronicles 15:18

NET Translation: along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the Gatekeepers.

DARBY Translation: and with them their brethren of the second [rank], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers;

KJV Translation: And with them their brethren of the second [degree], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.

Keywords: Son

Description: 1 Chronicles 16:38

NET Translation: including Obed-Edom and sixty-eight colleagues. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were Gatekeepers.

DARBY Translation: and Obed-Edom, and their brethren, sixty-eight; Obed-Edom also, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah as doorkeepers.

KJV Translation: And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah [to be] porters:

Keywords: Man, Trumpets

Description: 1 Chronicles 16:42

NET Translation: Heman and Jeduthun were in charge of the music, including the trumpets, cymbals, and the other musical instruments used in praising God. The sons of Jeduthun guarded the entrance.

DARBY Translation: and with them, [with] Heman and Jeduthun, trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud; and the musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were at the Gate.

KJV Translation: And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun [were] porters.

Keywords: Ammon, Children, Gate

Description: 1 Chronicles 19:9

NET Translation: The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

DARBY Translation: And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the city; and the kings that had come were by themselves on the field.

KJV Translation: And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the Gate of the city: and the kings that were come [were] by themselves in the field.

Keywords: Ass, Brass, David, Iron

Description: 1 Chronicles 22:3

NET Translation: David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the Gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed,

DARBY Translation: And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the Gates, and for the joists, and brass in abundance without weight;

KJV Translation: And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the Gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

Keywords: Praise, Raised

Description: 1 Chronicles 23:5

NET Translation: 4,000 are to be Gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship.”

DARBY Translation: and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David,] to praise [therewith].

KJV Translation: Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].

Keywords: Son

Description: 1 Chronicles 26:1

NET Translation: The divisions of the Gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

DARBY Translation: The divisions of the doorkeepers. Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

KJV Translation: Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

Keywords: Minister

Description: 1 Chronicles 26:12

NET Translation: These divisions of the Gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the Lord’s temple.

DARBY Translation: Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, among the head-men, as to the charges together with their brethren, for performing the service in the house of Jehovah.

KJV Translation: Among these [were] the divisions of the porters, [even] among the chief men, [having] wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

Description: 1 Chronicles 26:13

NET Translation: They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which Gate they would be responsible for.

DARBY Translation: And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every Gate.

KJV Translation: And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every Gate.

Keywords: Lot, Wise

Description: 1 Chronicles 26:14

NET Translation: The lot for the east Gate went to Shelemiah. They then cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise adviser, and the lot for the north Gate went to him.

DARBY Translation: And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah; and they cast lots for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, and his lot came out northward;

KJV Translation: And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

Description: 1 Chronicles 26:15

NET Translation: Obed-Edom was assigned the south Gate, and his sons were assigned the storehouses.

DARBY Translation: to Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.

KJV Translation: To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

Keywords: Causeway, Gate, Lot

Description: 1 Chronicles 26:16

NET Translation: Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west Gate, along with the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road. One guard was adjacent to another.

DARBY Translation: To Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the Gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the ascent, watch against watch.

KJV Translation: To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the Gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

Description: 1 Chronicles 26:19

NET Translation: These were the divisions of the Gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

DARBY Translation: These are the divisions of the doorkeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.

KJV Translation: These [are] the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.

Keywords: Dearth, Earth, Enemies, Siege

Description: 2 Chronicles 6:28

NET Translation: “The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight, and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs.

DARBY Translation: If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their Gates; whatever plague or whatever sickness there be:

KJV Translation: If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness [there be]:

Description: 2 Chronicles 8:5

NET Translation: He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred Gates,

DARBY Translation: And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, Gates, and bars;

KJV Translation: Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, Gates, and bars;

Keywords: David, God, Man, Minister, Praise

Description: 2 Chronicles 8:14

NET Translation: As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the Gatekeepers to serve at their assigned Gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.

DARBY Translation: And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day required; and the doorkeepers by their divisions at every Gate: for such was the commandment of David the man of God;

KJV Translation: And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every Gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

Keywords: Build, Rest

Description: 2 Chronicles 14:7

NET Translation: He said to the people of Judah: “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred Gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the Lord our God; we have followed him, and he has made us secure on all sides.” So they built the cities and prospered.

DARBY Translation: And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, Gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.

KJV Translation: Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about [them] walls, and towers, Gates, and bars, [while] the land [is] yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought [him], and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

Keywords: Gate, Israel, Jehoshaphat, Judah, King

Description: 2 Chronicles 18:9

NET Translation: Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the Gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

DARBY Translation: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne; and they sat in an open place at the entrance of the Gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

KJV Translation: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in [their] robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the Gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

Keywords: Art, Gate

Description: 2 Chronicles 23:5

NET Translation: Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others will stand in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple.

DARBY Translation: and a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the Gate of the foundation; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Jehovah.

KJV Translation: And a third part [shall be] at the king's house; and a third part at the Gate of the foundation: and all the people [shall be] in the courts of the house of the LORD.

Keywords: Gate, Horse

Description: 2 Chronicles 23:15

NET Translation: They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There they executed her.

DARBY Translation: And they made way for her, and she went through the entrance of the horse-Gate into the king's house, and they put her to death there.

KJV Translation: So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse Gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

Keywords: Clean, Unclean

Description: 2 Chronicles 23:19

NET Translation: He posted guards at the Gates of the Lord’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

DARBY Translation: And he set the doorkeepers at the Gates of the house of Jehovah, that no one unclean in anything should enter in.

KJV Translation: And he set the porters at the Gates of the house of the LORD, that none [which was] unclean in any thing should enter in.

Keywords: Gate, King, Throne

Description: 2 Chronicles 23:20

NET Translation: He summoned the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and he then led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.

DARBY Translation: And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah; and they came through the upper Gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

KJV Translation: And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high Gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

Keywords: Gate

Description: 2 Chronicles 24:8

NET Translation: The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the Gate of the Lord’s temple.

DARBY Translation: And the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the Gate of the house of Jehovah without,

KJV Translation: And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the Gate of the house of the LORD.

Keywords: Amaziah, Ephraim, Gate, Israel, Jerusalem, King, Son, Wall

Description: 2 Chronicles 25:23

NET Translation: King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—a distance of about 600 feet.

DARBY Translation: And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

KJV Translation: And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

Keywords: Jerusalem, Uzziah, Valley

Description: 2 Chronicles 26:9

NET Translation: Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.

DARBY Translation: And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner Gate, and at the valley Gate, and at the angle, and fortified them.

KJV Translation: Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner Gate, and at the valley Gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.

Keywords: Gate, Wall

Description: 2 Chronicles 27:3

NET Translation: He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.

DARBY Translation: It was he who built the upper Gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

KJV Translation: He built the high Gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

Keywords: Children, Jerusalem, Judah, Purpose, Women

Description: 2 Chronicles 28:10

NET Translation: And now you are planning to enslave the people of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the Lord your God?

DARBY Translation: And now ye think to subjuGate the children of Judah and Jerusalem as your bondmen and bondwomen. Are there not with you, even with you, trespasses against Jehovah your God?

KJV Translation: And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but are there] not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?

Keywords: Hezekiah, Man, Offerings, Peace, Praise, Rings

Description: 2 Chronicles 31:2

NET Translation: Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks—to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the Gates of the Lord’s sanctuary.

DARBY Translation: And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests, and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, as well the priests as the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to serve and to give thanks and to praise in the Gates of the courts of Jehovah.

KJV Translation: And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the Gates of the tents of the LORD.

Keywords: Gate, War

Description: 2 Chronicles 32:6

NET Translation: He appointed military officers over the army and assembled them in the square at the city Gate. He encouraged them, saying,

DARBY Translation: And he set captains of war over the people, and assembled them to him on the open place at the Gate of the city, and spoke consolingly to them saying,

KJV Translation: And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the Gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

Keywords: Fish, Raised, Wall, War

Description: 2 Chronicles 33:14

NET Translation: After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

DARBY Translation: And after this he built the outer wall of the city of David, on the west, toward Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the fish-Gate, and carried it round Ophel, and raised it up a very great height; and he put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Judah.

KJV Translation: Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish Gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

Keywords: Art, Might

Description: 2 Chronicles 35:15

NET Translation: The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. The guards at the various Gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

DARBY Translation: And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the doorkeepers were at every Gate; they had not to depart from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

KJV Translation: And the singers the sons of Asaph [were] in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters [waited] at every Gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

Keywords: Children

Description: Ezra 2:42

NET Translation: The Gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai: 139.

DARBY Translation: The children of the doorkeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all a hundred and thirty-nine.

KJV Translation: The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, [in] all an hundred thirty and nine.

Keywords: Israel

Description: Ezra 2:70

NET Translation: The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the Gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel lived in their towns.

DARBY Translation: And the priests, and the Levites, and [some] of the people, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

KJV Translation: So the priests, and the Levites, and [some] of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

Keywords: Children, Ear

Description: Ezra 7:7

NET Translation: In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought up to Jerusalem some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the Gatekeepers, and the temple servants.

DARBY Translation: (And there went up [some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.)

KJV Translation: And there went up [some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

Description: Ezra 10:24

NET Translation: From the singers: Eliashib. From the Gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

DARBY Translation: And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

KJV Translation: Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

Keywords: Captivity, Jerusalem, Remnant, Wall

Description: Nehemiah 1:3

NET Translation: They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its Gates have been burned down!”

DARBY Translation: And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its Gates are burned with fire.

KJV Translation: And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province [are] in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also [is] broken down, and the Gates thereof are burned with fire.

Keywords: King, Live

Description: Nehemiah 2:3

NET Translation: I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its Gates destroyed by fire?”

DARBY Translation: And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its Gates are consumed with fire?

KJV Translation: And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, [lieth] waste, and the Gates thereof are consumed with fire?

Keywords: God, Hand, King, Wall

Description: Nehemiah 2:8

NET Translation: and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king’s nature preserve, so that he will give me timber for beams for the Gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall and for the house to which I go.” So the king granted me these requests, for the good hand of my God was on me.

DARBY Translation: and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the Gates of the palace which [appertains] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

KJV Translation: And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the Gates of the palace which [appertained] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

Keywords: Dragon, Dung, Gate, Night

Description: Nehemiah 2:13

NET Translation: I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons and the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its Gates that had been destroyed by fire.

DARBY Translation: And I went out by night by the valley-Gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-Gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its Gates were consumed with fire.

KJV Translation: And I went out by night by the Gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the Gates thereof were consumed with fire.

Keywords: Beast, Gate

Description: Nehemiah 2:14

NET Translation: I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King’s Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me.

DARBY Translation: And I went on to the fountain-Gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast under me to pass.

KJV Translation: Then I went on to the Gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but [there was] no place for the beast [that was] under me to pass.

Keywords: Gate, Night

Description: Nehemiah 2:15

NET Translation: I continued up the valley during the night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and came to the Valley Gate, and so returned.

DARBY Translation: And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-Gate and returned.

KJV Translation: Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the Gate of the valley, and [so] returned.

Keywords: Build, Distress, Jerusalem, Wall

Description: Nehemiah 2:17

NET Translation: Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have—Jerusalem is desolate and its Gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.”

DARBY Translation: And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its Gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

KJV Translation: Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we [are] in, how Jerusalem [lieth] waste, and the Gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

Keywords: High Priest, Priest, Rose, Sanctified, Sheep, Tower

Description: Nehemiah 3:1

NET Translation: Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

DARBY Translation: And Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep-Gate. They hallowed it, and set up its doors; and they hallowed it even to the tower of Meah, to the tower of Hananeel.

KJV Translation: Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep Gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

Keywords: Fish, Gate

Description: Nehemiah 3:3

NET Translation: The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

DARBY Translation: And the fish-Gate did the sons of Senaah build: they laid its beams, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars.

KJV Translation: But the fish Gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who [also] laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Keywords: Gate, Son

Description: Nehemiah 3:6

NET Translation: Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

DARBY Translation: And the Gate of the old [wall] repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodiah; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars.

KJV Translation: Moreover the old Gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Keywords: Dung, Gate, Valley, Wall

Description: Nehemiah 3:13

NET Translation: Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked on the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars, in addition to working on 1,500 feet of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

DARBY Translation: The valley-Gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-Gate.

KJV Translation: The valley Gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung Gate.

Keywords: Art, Dung, Gate, Son

Description: Nehemiah 3:14

NET Translation: Malkijah son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

DARBY Translation: And the dung-Gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the chief of the district of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars.

KJV Translation: But the dung Gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Keywords: Art, Fountain, Gate, Pool, Son, Wall

Description: Nehemiah 3:15

NET Translation: Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.

DARBY Translation: And the fountain-Gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the chief of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, and to the stairs that go down from the city of David.

KJV Translation: But the Gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.

Keywords: Gate, Tower, Water

Description: Nehemiah 3:26

NET Translation: and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower.

DARBY Translation: (Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, even over against the water-Gate toward the east, and the tower which lies out.)

KJV Translation: Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto [the place] over against the water Gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

Keywords: Gate, Horse

Description: Nehemiah 3:28

NET Translation: Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house.

DARBY Translation: From above the horse-Gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.

KJV Translation: From above the horse Gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.

Keywords: Son

Description: Nehemiah 3:29

NET Translation: After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked.

DARBY Translation: After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. And after him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east Gate.

KJV Translation: After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east Gate.

Keywords: Gate, Son

Description: Nehemiah 3:31

NET Translation: After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, and up to the room above the corner.

DARBY Translation: After him repaired Malchijah of the goldsmiths to the place of the Nethinim and of the dealers, over against the Gate Miphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.

KJV Translation: After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the Gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.

Keywords: Gate, Sheep

Description: Nehemiah 3:32

NET Translation: And between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and traders worked.

DARBY Translation: And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep-Gate repaired the goldsmiths and the dealers.

KJV Translation: And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep Gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

Keywords: Hough, Rest, Time

Description: Nehemiah 6:1

NET Translation: When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the Gates),

DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the Gates),

KJV Translation: Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and [that] there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the Gates;)

Keywords: Wall

Description: Nehemiah 7:1

NET Translation: When the wall had been rebuilt and I had positioned the doors, and the Gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.

KJV Translation: Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Keywords: Jerusalem, Sun

Description: Nehemiah 7:3

NET Translation: I said to them, “The Gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning, until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them. Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes.”

DARBY Translation: And I said to them that the Gates of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun was hot, and that they should shut the doors and bar them while they stood by; and that there should be appointed watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one over against his house.

KJV Translation: And I said unto them, Let not the Gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar [them]: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one [to be] over against his house.

Keywords: Children

Description: Nehemiah 7:45

NET Translation: The Gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai: 138.

DARBY Translation: The doorkeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-eight.

KJV Translation: The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.

Keywords: Children, Israel

Description: Nehemiah 7:73

NET Translation: The priests, the Levites, the Gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities. The priests, the Levites, the Gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities. The priests, the Levites, the Gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities. When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were settled in their towns,

DARBY Translation: And the priests, and the Levites, and the doorkeepers, and the singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in their cities,

KJV Translation: So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel [were] in their cities.

Keywords: Book, Law, Man, Water

Description: Nehemiah 8:1

NET Translation: all the people gathered together in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had commanded Israel.

DARBY Translation: all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-Gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel.

KJV Translation: And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that [was] before the water Gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

Keywords: Book, Gate, Morning, Water

Description: Nehemiah 8:3

NET Translation: So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon before the men and women and those children who could understand. All the people were eager to hear the book of the law.

DARBY Translation: And he read in it before the open place that was before the water-Gate from the morning until midday, in presence of the men and the women, and those that could understand. And the ears of all the people were [attentive] to the book of the law.

KJV Translation: And he read therein before the street that [was] before the water Gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people [were attentive] unto the book of the law.

Keywords: Gate, Water

Description: Nehemiah 8:16

NET Translation: So the people went out and brought these things back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.

DARBY Translation: And the people went forth and brought [them], and made themselves booths, everyone upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the open space of the water-Gate, and in the open space of the Gate of Ephraim.

KJV Translation: So the people went forth, and brought [them], and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water Gate, and in the street of the Gate of Ephraim.

Keywords: Law, Rest

Description: Nehemiah 10:28

NET Translation: “Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the Gatekeepers, the singers, the temple attendants, and all those who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples because of the law of God, along with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all of whom are able to understand—

DARBY Translation: And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, every one having knowledge [and] having understanding,

KJV Translation: And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

Keywords: Children, Israel, Levi

Description: Nehemiah 10:39

NET Translation: The Israelites and the Levites will bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms where the utensils of the sanctuary are kept, and where the priests who minister stay, along with the Gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the temple of our God.”

DARBY Translation: For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the corn, of the new wine and the oil, into the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the doorkeepers and the singers. And we will not forsake the house of our God.

KJV Translation: For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where [are] the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

Keywords: Seventy

Description: Nehemiah 11:19

NET Translation: And the Gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their colleagues who were guarding the Gates—172.

DARBY Translation: And the doorkeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the Gates, were a hundred and seventy-two.

KJV Translation: Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the Gates, [were] an hundred seventy and two.

Description: Nehemiah 12:25

NET Translation: Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were Gatekeepers who were guarding the storerooms at the Gates.

DARBY Translation: Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were doorkeepers keeping the ward at the storehouses of the Gates.

KJV Translation: Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [were] porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the Gates.

Description: Nehemiah 12:30

NET Translation: When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the Gates, and the wall.

DARBY Translation: And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the Gates and the wall.

KJV Translation: And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the Gates, and the wall.

Keywords: Dung, Hand, Judah, Wall

Description: Nehemiah 12:31

NET Translation: I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.

DARBY Translation: And I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs and processions, on the right hand upon the wall towards the dung-Gate.

KJV Translation: Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great [companies of them that gave] thanks, [whereof one] went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung Gate:

Keywords: Fountain, Gate, Water

Description: Nehemiah 12:37

NET Translation: They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east.

DARBY Translation: And at the fountain-Gate, and over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water-Gate eastward.

KJV Translation: And at the fountain Gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water Gate eastward.

Keywords: Fish, Gate, Prison, Sheep, Son, Tower

Description: Nehemiah 12:39

NET Translation: over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

DARBY Translation: and from above the Gate of Ephraim, and above the Gate of the old [wall], and above the fish-Gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep-Gate; and they stood still in the prison-Gate.

KJV Translation: And from above the Gate of Ephraim, and above the old Gate, and above the fish Gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep Gate: and they stood still in the prison Gate.

Keywords: Solomon

Description: Nehemiah 12:45

NET Translation: They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and Gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon.

DARBY Translation: And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David [and] of Solomon his son.

KJV Translation: And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, [and] of Solomon his son.

Keywords: Children, Israel, Sanctified

Description: Nehemiah 12:47

NET Translation: So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and Gatekeepers, according to the daily need. They also set aside the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

DARBY Translation: And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, every day what was needed, and they consecrated things for the Levites; and the Levites consecrated for the children of Aaron.

KJV Translation: And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified [holy things] unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified [them] unto the children of Aaron.

Keywords: Meat, Offerings, Rings, Time

Description: Nehemiah 13:5

NET Translation: He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the Gatekeepers, and the offering for the priests.

DARBY Translation: had prepared for him a great chamber, where formerly they laid the oblations, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine and the oil, which was commanded for the Levites and the singers and the doorkeepers, and the heave-offerings of the priests.

KJV Translation: And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded [to be given] to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

Keywords: Ark, Bath, Jerusalem, Sabbath

Description: Nehemiah 13:19

NET Translation: When the evening shadows began to fall on the Gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned some of my young men at the Gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

DARBY Translation: And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the Gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the Gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath. And I set [some] of my servants at the Gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the sabbath day.

KJV Translation: 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.

Keywords: Bath, Greatness, Remember, Sabbath, Sanctify

Description: Nehemiah 13:22

NET Translation: Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the Gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.

DARBY Translation: And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the Gates, to hallow the sabbath day. Remember this also for me, my God, and spare me according to thy great loving-kindness!

KJV Translation: And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and [that] they should come [and] keep the Gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, [concerning] this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

Keywords: Ai, Mordecai

Description: Esther 2:19

NET Translation: Now when the young women were being gathered again, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s Gate.

DARBY Translation: And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai sat in the king's Gate.

KJV Translation: And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's Gate.

Keywords: Ai, Hand, King, Mordecai

Description: Esther 2:21

NET Translation: In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s Gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who protected the entrance, became angry and plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

DARBY Translation: In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's Gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

KJV Translation: In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's Gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

Keywords: Book, Inquisition

Description: Esther 2:23

NET Translation: The king then had the matter investiGated and, finding it to be so, had the two conspirators hanged on a gallows. It was then recorded in the daily chronicles in the king’s presence.

DARBY Translation: And the matter was investiGated and found out; and they were both hanged on a tree. And it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

KJV Translation: And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

Keywords: Ai, King, Mordecai

Description: Esther 3:2

NET Translation: As a result, all the king’s servants who were at the king’s Gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow, nor did he pay him homage.

DARBY Translation: And all the king's servants that were in the king's Gate bowed and did Haman reverence, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did [him] reverence.

KJV Translation: And all the king's servants, that [were] in the king's Gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did [him] reverence.

Description: Esther 3:3

NET Translation: Then the servants of the king who were at the king’s Gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you violating the king’s commandment?”

DARBY Translation: Then the king's servants, who were in the king's Gate, said to Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

KJV Translation: Then the king's servants, which [were] in the king's Gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

Keywords: Gate

Description: Esther 4:2

NET Translation: But he went no farther than the king’s Gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king’s Gate clothed in sackcloth.

DARBY Translation: and came even before the king's Gate; for none might enter into the king's Gate clothed with sackcloth.

KJV Translation: And came even before the king's Gate: for none [might] enter into the king's Gate clothed with sackcloth.

Keywords: Ai, Mordecai

Description: Esther 4:6

NET Translation: So Hathach went to Mordecai at the plaza of the city in front of the king’s Gate.

DARBY Translation: And Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the public place of the city which was before the king's Gate.

KJV Translation: So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which [was] before the king's Gate.

Keywords: Ass, Court, Esther, Gate, King, Throne

Description: Esther 5:1

NET Translation: It so happened that on the third day Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace, opposite the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the palace, opposite the entrance.

DARBY Translation: And it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house. And the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance to the house.

KJV Translation: Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on [her] royal [apparel], and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the Gate of the house.

Keywords: Ai, Haman, Man, Mordecai, Nation

Description: Esther 5:9

NET Translation: Now Haman went forth that day pleased and very much encouraged. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the king’s Gate, and he did not rise or tremble in his presence, Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

DARBY Translation: And Haman went forth that day joyful and glad of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's Gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was full of fury against Mordecai.

KJV Translation: Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's Gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

Keywords: Ai, Mordecai

Description: Esther 5:13

NET Translation: Yet all this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s Gate.”

DARBY Translation: Yet all this is of no avail to me so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's Gate.

KJV Translation: Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's Gate.

Keywords: Ai, Apparel, King, Mordecai

Description: Esther 6:10

NET Translation: The king then said to Haman, “Go quickly! Take the clothing and the horse, just as you have described, and do as you just indicated to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s Gate. Don’t neglect a single thing of all that you have said.”

DARBY Translation: And the king said to Haman, Make haste, take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's Gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast said.

KJV Translation: Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, [and] take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's Gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

Keywords: Ai, Haman, Head, Man, Mordecai

Description: Esther 6:12

NET Translation: Then Mordecai again sat at the king’s Gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.

DARBY Translation: And Mordecai came again to the king's Gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

KJV Translation: And Mordecai came again to the king's Gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

Keywords: Children, Deliver

Description: Job 5:4

NET Translation: His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.

DARBY Translation: His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the Gate, and there is no deliverer:

KJV Translation: His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the Gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].

Keywords: Ear

Description: Job 5:27

NET Translation: Look, we have investiGated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

DARBY Translation: Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.

KJV Translation: Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.

Keywords: Rest

Description: Job 17:16

NET Translation: Will it go down to the barred Gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”

DARBY Translation: It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when [our] rest shall be together in the dust.

KJV Translation: They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.

Keywords: Gate

Description: Job 29:7

NET Translation: When I went out to the city Gate and secured my seat in the public square,

DARBY Translation: When I went out to the Gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,

KJV Translation: When I went out to the Gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!

Description: Job 29:16

NET Translation: I was a father to the needy, and I investiGated the case of the person I did not know;

DARBY Translation: I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;

KJV Translation: I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.

Keywords: Hand, Help

Description: Job 31:21

NET Translation: if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

DARBY Translation: If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the Gate:

KJV Translation: If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the Gate:

Keywords: Death

Description: Job 38:17

NET Translation: Have the Gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the Gates of deepest darkness?

DARBY Translation: Have the Gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the Gates of the shadow of death?

KJV Translation: Have the Gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Keywords: Hate, Mercy, Test, Trouble

Description: Psalms 9:13

NET Translation: when they prayed: “Have mercy on me, Lord! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the Gates of death!

DARBY Translation: Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the Gates of death:

KJV Translation: Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the Gates of death:

Keywords: Praise, Rejoice

Description: Psalms 9:14

NET Translation: Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts; in the Gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance.”

DARBY Translation: That I may declare all thy praise in the Gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.

KJV Translation: That I may shew forth all thy praise in the Gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Keywords: Glory, King

Description: Psalms 24:7

NET Translation: Look up, you Gates. Rise up, you eternal doors. Then the majestic king will enter.

DARBY Translation: Lift up your heads, ye Gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

KJV Translation: Lift up your heads, O ye Gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Keywords: Glory, King

Description: Psalms 24:9

NET Translation: Look up, you Gates. Rise up, you eternal doors. Then the majestic king will enter.

DARBY Translation: Lift up your heads, ye Gates; yea, lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

KJV Translation: Lift up your heads, O ye Gates; even lift [them] up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Description: Psalms 56:12

NET Translation: I am obliGated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank offerings you deserve,

DARBY Translation: Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thanks unto thee.

KJV Translation: Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

Keywords: Gate, Song

Description: Psalms 69:12

NET Translation: Those who sit at the city Gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

DARBY Translation: They that sit in the Gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

KJV Translation: They that sit in the Gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.

Keywords: Zion

Description: Psalms 87:2

NET Translation: The Lord loves the Gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

DARBY Translation: Jehovah loveth the Gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.

KJV Translation: The LORD loveth the Gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Keywords: Bless

Description: Psalms 100:4

NET Translation: Enter his Gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give him thanks. Praise his name.

DARBY Translation: Enter into his Gates with thanksgiving [and] into his courts with praise; give thanks unto him, bless his name:

KJV Translation: Enter into his Gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name.

Keywords: Iron

Description: Psalms 107:16

NET Translation: For he shattered the bronze Gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

DARBY Translation: For he hath broken the Gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.

KJV Translation: For he hath broken the Gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Keywords: Ear, Soul

Description: Psalms 107:18

NET Translation: They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the Gates of death.

DARBY Translation: Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the Gates of death:

KJV Translation: Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the Gates of death.

Keywords: Praise

Description: Psalms 118:19

NET Translation: Open for me the Gates of the just king’s temple. I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

DARBY Translation: Open to me the Gates of righteousness: I will enter into them; Jah will I praise.

KJV Translation: Open to me the Gates of righteousness: I will go into them, [and] I will praise the LORD:

Keywords: Gate, Righteous

Description: Psalms 118:20

NET Translation: This is the Lord’s Gate—the godly enter through it.

DARBY Translation: This is the Gate of Jehovah: the righteous shall enter therein.

KJV Translation: This Gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

Keywords: Feet, Hin

Description: Psalms 122:2

NET Translation: Our feet are standing inside your Gates, O Jerusalem.

DARBY Translation: Our feet shall stand within thy Gates, O Jerusalem.

KJV Translation: Our feet shall stand within thy Gates, O Jerusalem.

Keywords: Enemies, Happy, Man

Description: Psalms 127:5

NET Translation: How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them. They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city Gate.

DARBY Translation: Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the Gate.

KJV Translation: Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the Gate.

Keywords: Children, Hin

Description: Psalms 147:13

NET Translation: For he makes the bars of your Gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

DARBY Translation: For he hath strengthened the bars of thy Gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;

KJV Translation: For he hath strengthened the bars of thy Gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

Description: Proverbs 1:21

NET Translation: at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the Gates in the city she utters her words:

DARBY Translation: she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the Gates; in the city she uttereth her words:

KJV Translation: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the Gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],

Keywords: Bed, Rings

Description: Proverbs 7:16

NET Translation: I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt.

DARBY Translation: I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of varieGated linen from Egypt;

KJV Translation: I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.

Description: Proverbs 8:3

NET Translation: beside the Gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:

DARBY Translation: Beside the Gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud.

KJV Translation: She crieth at the Gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

Keywords: Man

Description: Proverbs 8:34

NET Translation: Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.

DARBY Translation: Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my Gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

KJV Translation: Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my Gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Keywords: Bow, Evil, Wicked

Description: Proverbs 14:19

NET Translation: Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the Gates of someone righteous.

DARBY Translation: The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the Gates of the righteous [man].

KJV Translation: The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the Gates of the righteous.

Keywords: Gate, Transgression

Description: Proverbs 17:19

NET Translation: The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his Gate high seeks destruction.

DARBY Translation: He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his Gate seeketh destruction.

KJV Translation: He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his Gate seeketh destruction.

Description: Proverbs 18:19

NET Translation: A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred Gates of a fortified citadel.

DARBY Translation: A brother offended is [harder to be won] than a strong city; and contentions are as the bars of a palace.

KJV Translation: A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.

Description: Proverbs 22:22

NET Translation: Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

DARBY Translation: Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the Gate;

KJV Translation: Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the Gate:

Keywords: Wisdom

Description: Proverbs 24:7

NET Translation: Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.

DARBY Translation: Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the Gate.

KJV Translation: Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the Gate.

Keywords: Law, Wise

Description: Proverbs 28:7

NET Translation: The one who keeps the law is a discerning child, but a companion of gluttons brings shame to his parents.

DARBY Translation: Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profliGates bringeth shame to his father.

KJV Translation: Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.

Description: Proverbs 31:23

NET Translation: Her husband is well-known in the city Gate when he sits with the elders of the land.

DARBY Translation: Her husband is known in the Gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

KJV Translation: Her husband is known in the Gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

Keywords: Fruit, Praise

Description: Proverbs 31:31

NET Translation: Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city Gates.

DARBY Translation: Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the Gates.

KJV Translation: Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the Gates.

Keywords: Water

Description: Ecclesiastes 2:6

NET Translation: I constructed pools of water for myself, to irriGate my grove of flourishing trees.

DARBY Translation: I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.

KJV Translation: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

Keywords: Art, Hand, Hatred, Heart, Love, Man

Description: Ecclesiastes 9:1

NET Translation: So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated—no one knows what lies ahead.

DARBY Translation: For all this I laid to my heart and [indeed] to investiGate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.

KJV Translation: For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.

Keywords: Gate, Lebanon, Tower

Description: Song of Solomon 7:4

NET Translation: Your neck is like a tower made of ivory. Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon by the Gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus.

DARBY Translation: Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; Thine eyes, [like] the pools in Heshbon, By the Gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose like the tower of Lebanon, Which looketh toward Damascus;

KJV Translation: Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the fishpools in Heshbon, by the Gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is] as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

Keywords: Mandrakes

Description: Song of Solomon 7:13

NET Translation: The mandrakes send out their fragrance; over our door is every delicacy, both new and old, which I have stored up for you, my lover.

DARBY Translation: The mandrakes yield fragrance; And at our Gates are all choice fruits, new and old: I have laid them up for thee, my beloved.

KJV Translation: The mandrakes give a smell, and at our Gates [are] all manner of pleasant [fruits], new and old, [which] I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

Description: Isaiah 3:26

NET Translation: Her Gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.

DARBY Translation: and her Gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.

KJV Translation: And her Gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.

Keywords: Exalt

Description: Isaiah 13:2

NET Translation: On a bare hill raise a signal flag; shout to them, wave your hand, so they might enter the Gates of the princes!

DARBY Translation: Lift up a banner upon a bare mountain, raise the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may enter the Gates of the nobles.

KJV Translation: Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the Gates of the nobles.

Description: Isaiah 14:31

NET Translation: Wail, O city Gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

DARBY Translation: Howl, O Gate! cry, O city! thou, Philistia, art wholly dissolved; for there cometh from the north a smoke, and none remaineth apart in his gatherings [of troops].

KJV Translation: Howl, O Gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, [art] dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none [shall be] alone in his appointed times.

Description: Isaiah 22:7

NET Translation: Your very best valleys were full of chariots; horsemen confidently took their positions at the Gate.

DARBY Translation: And it shall come to pass [that] thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the Gate.

KJV Translation: And it shall come to pass, [that] thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the Gate.

Keywords: Gate

Description: Isaiah 24:12

NET Translation: The city is left in ruins; the Gate is reduced to rubble.

DARBY Translation: desolation remaineth in the city, and the Gate is smitten, a ruin.

KJV Translation: In the city is left desolation, and the Gate is smitten with destruction.

Keywords: Ear, Earth, Fear

Description: Isaiah 24:18

NET Translation: The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit will be trapped by the snare. For the floodGates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake.

DARBY Translation: And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the sound of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth shake.

KJV Translation: And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

Keywords: Nation, Righteous, Ruth, Truth

Description: Isaiah 26:2

NET Translation: Open the Gates so a righteous nation can enter—one that remains trustworthy.

DARBY Translation: Open ye the Gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in.

KJV Translation: Open ye the Gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Keywords: Judgment, Spirit, Strength

Description: Isaiah 28:6

NET Translation: He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.

DARBY Translation: and for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the Gate.

KJV Translation: And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the Gate.

Keywords: Man

Description: Isaiah 29:21

NET Translation: those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city Gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

DARBY Translation: that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the Gate, and pervert [the judgment of] the righteous by futility.

KJV Translation: That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the Gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

Keywords: Desert, Meet, Owl, Rest

Description: Isaiah 34:14

NET Translation: Wild animals and wild dogs will congreGate there; wild goats will bleat to one another. Yes, nocturnal animals will rest there and make for themselves a nest.

DARBY Translation: And there shall the beasts of the desert meet with the jackals, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; the lilith also shall settle there, and find for herself a place of rest.

KJV Translation: The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

Description: Isaiah 38:10

NET Translation: “I thought, ‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the Gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

DARBY Translation: I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the Gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.

KJV Translation: I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the Gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Keywords: Hand

Description: Isaiah 45:1

NET Translation: “This is what the Lord says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so Gates remain unclosed:

DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him and I will loose the loins of kings; to open before him the two-leaved doors, and the Gates shall not be shut:

KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved Gates; and the Gates shall not be shut;

Keywords: Sunder

Description: Isaiah 45:2

NET Translation: ‘I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

DARBY Translation: I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the brazen doors, and cut asunder the bars of iron;

KJV Translation: I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the Gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

Description: Isaiah 54:12

NET Translation: I will make your pinnacles out of gems, your Gates out of beryl, and your outer wall out of beautiful stones.

DARBY Translation: and I will make thy battlements of rubies, and thy Gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of precious stones.

KJV Translation: And I will make thy windows of aGates, and thy Gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

Description: Isaiah 60:11

NET Translation: Your Gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way.

DARBY Translation: And thy Gates shall stand open continually: (they shall not be shut day nor night,) that the wealth of the nations may be brought unto thee, and that their kings may be led [to thee].

KJV Translation: Therefore thy Gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that [men] may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and [that] their kings [may be] brought.

Keywords: Destruction, Halt, Hin

Description: Isaiah 60:18

NET Translation: Sounds of violence will no longer be heard in your land, or the sounds of destruction and devastation within your borders. You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’ and your Gates, ‘Praise.’

DARBY Translation: Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy Gates Praise.

KJV Translation: Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy Gates Praise.

Description: Isaiah 62:10

NET Translation: Come through! Come through the Gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it—Build the roadway! Remove the stones. Lift a signal flag for the nations.

DARBY Translation: Go through, go through the Gates; prepare the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the peoples.

KJV Translation: Go through, go through the Gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

Keywords: Throne

Description: Jeremiah 1:15

NET Translation: For I will soon summon all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north,” says the Lord. “They will come and their kings will set up their thrones near the entrances of the Gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all the walls surrounding it and all the towns in Judah.

DARBY Translation: For behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah, and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the Gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah:

KJV Translation: For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the Gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

Keywords: Ear, Gate, Ship, Worship

Description: Jeremiah 7:2

NET Translation: “Stand in the Gate of the Lord’s temple and proclaim this message: ‘Listen to the Lord’s message, all you people of Judah who have passed through these Gates to worship the Lord.

DARBY Translation: Stand in the Gate of Jehovah's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah, that enter in at these Gates to worship Jehovah.

KJV Translation: Stand in the Gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all [ye of] Judah, that enter in at these Gates to worship the LORD.

Keywords: Judah

Description: Jeremiah 13:19

NET Translation: The Gates of the towns in southern Judah will be shut tight. No one will be able to go in or out of them. All Judah will be carried off into exile. They will be completely carried off into exile.’”

DARBY Translation: The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open [them]; all Judah is carried away captive: it is wholly carried away captive.

KJV Translation: The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open [them]: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

Keywords: Jerusalem, Judah

Description: Jeremiah 14:2

NET Translation: “The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.

DARBY Translation: Judah mourneth, and the Gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.

KJV Translation: Judah mourneth, and the Gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Description: Jeremiah 15:7

NET Translation: The Lord continued, “In every town in the land I will purge them like straw blown away by the wind. I will destroy my people. I will kill off their children. I will do so because they did not change their behavior.

DARBY Translation: And I will fan them with a fan in the Gates of the land; I will bereave of children [and] destroy my people: they have not returned from their ways.

KJV Translation: And I will fan them with a fan in the Gates of the land; I will bereave [them] of children, I will destroy my people, [since] they return not from their ways.

Keywords: Assembly

Description: Jeremiah 15:17

NET Translation: I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obliGated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.

DARBY Translation: I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor exulted: I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

KJV Translation: I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

Keywords: Children, Gate, Judah

Description: Jeremiah 17:19

NET Translation: The Lord told me, “Go and stand in the People’s Gate through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city. Then go and stand in all the other Gates of the city of Jerusalem.

DARBY Translation: Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Go and stand in the Gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the Gates of Jerusalem;

KJV Translation: Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the Gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the Gates of Jerusalem;

Keywords: Ear

Description: Jeremiah 17:20

NET Translation: And then announce to them, ‘Listen to the Lord’s message, you kings of Judah, and everyone from Judah, and all you citizens of Jerusalem, those who pass through these Gates.

DARBY Translation: and say unto them, Hear the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these Gates;

KJV Translation: And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these Gates:

Keywords: Bath, Bear, Ear, Sabbath

Description: Jeremiah 17:21

NET Translation: The Lord says, Be very careful if you value your lives! Do not carry any loads in through the Gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

DARBY Translation: thus saith Jehovah: Take heed to your souls, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, and bring nothing in through the Gates of Jerusalem;

KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring [it] in by the Gates of Jerusalem;

Keywords: Bath, Hallow, Sabbath, Work

Description: Jeremiah 17:24

NET Translation: The Lord says, ‘You must make sure to obey me. You must not bring any loads through the Gates of this city on the Sabbath day. You must set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not do any work on that day.

DARBY Translation: And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the Gates of this city on the sabbath day, and to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

KJV Translation: And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the Gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

Keywords: Throne

Description: Jeremiah 17:25

NET Translation: If you do this, then the kings and princes who follow in David’s succession and ride in chariots or on horses will continue to enter through these Gates, as well as their officials and the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. This city will always be filled with people.

DARBY Translation: then shall there enter in, through the Gates of this city, kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhabited for ever.

KJV Translation: Then shall there enter into the Gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.

Keywords: Bath, Bear, Ear, Fire, Hallow, Jerusalem, Sabbath

Description: Jeremiah 17:27

NET Translation: But you must obey me and set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not carry any loads in through the Gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. If you disobey, I will set the Gates of Jerusalem on fire. It will burn down all the fortified dwellings in Jerusalem and no one will be able to put it out.’”

DARBY Translation: But if ye will not hearken unto me, to hallow the sabbath day and not to bear a burden and enter in through the Gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then will I kindle a fire in the Gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

KJV Translation: But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the Gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the Gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

Keywords: Son, Valley

Description: Jeremiah 19:2

NET Translation: Go out to the part of the Hinnom Valley that is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Announce there what I tell you.

DARBY Translation: and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the pottery-Gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

KJV Translation: And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] by the entry of the east Gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

Keywords: Gate, Mote

Description: Jeremiah 20:2

NET Translation: When he heard Jeremiah’s prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks that were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord’s temple.

DARBY Translation: And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.

KJV Translation: Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that [were] in the high Gate of Benjamin, which [was] by the house of the LORD.

Keywords: Ear, King, Test, Throne

Description: Jeremiah 22:2

NET Translation: Say: ‘Listen, O king of Judah who follows in David’s succession. You, your officials, and your subjects who pass through the Gates of this palace must listen to the Lord’s message.

DARBY Translation: and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people who enter in through these Gates.

KJV Translation: And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these Gates:

Keywords: Throne

Description: Jeremiah 22:4

NET Translation: If you are careful to obey these commands, then the kings who follow in David’s succession and ride in chariots or on horses will continue to come through the Gates of this palace, as will their officials and their subjects.

DARBY Translation: For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in through the Gates of this house kings sitting in the place of David upon his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

KJV Translation: For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the Gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

Keywords: Burial, Buried

Description: Jeremiah 22:19

NET Translation: He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the Gates of Jerusalem.

DARBY Translation: He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, dragged along and cast forth beyond the Gates of Jerusalem.

KJV Translation: He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the Gates of Jerusalem.