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Others, in a similar scaling operation, took the defenders in the rear, and set fire to the towers, lighting pyres on which they burned the blasphemers alive. The first, meanwhile, breaking open the gates, let the rest of the army in and, at their head, captured the town. (2 Maccabees 10, 36)
As the town gates were closed, he withdrew, intending to come back and wipe out the whole community of Joppa. (2 Maccabees 12, 7)
she calls out at the street corners, she delivers her message at the city gates. (Proverbs 1, 21)
by the gates, at the entrance to the city, on the access-roads, she cries out, (Proverbs 8, 3)
Blessed, whoever listens to me, who day after day keeps watch at my gates to guard my portals. (Proverbs 8, 34)
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked, at the gates of the upright. (Proverbs 14, 19)
Her husband is respected at the city gates, taking his seat among the elders of the land. (Proverbs 31, 23)
Give her a share in what her hands have worked for, and let her works tell her praises at the city gates. (Proverbs 31, 31)
Yes, you are the one with power over life and death, bringing to the gates of Hades and back again. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 13)
Great too is the memory of Nehemiah, who rebuilt our walls which lay in ruins, erected the bolted gates and rebuilt our houses. (Ecclesiasticus 49, 13)
and her gates will moan and mourn; she will sit on the ground, deserted. (Isaiah 3, 26)
Your fairest valleys are full of chariots and the horsemen take up positions at the gates; (Isaiah 22, 7)
