Discovery Box| (0.40) | (Act 11:20) | 2 sn Cyrene was a city on the northern African coast west of Egypt. |
| (0.40) | (Act 10:24) | 2 sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). |
| (0.40) | (Act 9:38) | 1 sn Lydda was a city northwest of Jerusalem on the way to Joppa. |
| (0.40) | (Act 9:35) | 2 sn Lydda was a city northwest of Jerusalem on the way to Joppa. |
| (0.40) | (Act 8:40) | 2 sn Azotus was a city on the coast of southern Palestine, known as Ashdod in OT times. |
| (0.40) | (Joh 10:40) | 4 sn This refers to the city of Bethany across the Jordan River (see John 1:28). |
| (0.40) | (Luk 19:44) | 1 sn The singular pronoun you refers to the city of Jerusalem personified. |
| (0.40) | (Luk 13:26) | 1 sn This term refers to wide streets, and thus suggests the major streets of a city. |
| (0.40) | (Mat 8:33) | 2 tn Or “city.” But see the sn on “Gadarenes” in 8:28. |
| (0.40) | (Mat 8:34) | 2 tn Or “city.” Here the term is a metonymy for the inhabitants. |
| (0.40) | (Zec 14:2) | 2 tn Heb “not be cut off from the city” (so NRSV); NAB “not be removed.” |
| (0.40) | (Mic 1:13) | 3 sn The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady. |
| (0.40) | (Oba 1:20) | 3 sn Zarephath was a Phoenician coastal city located some ten miles south of Sidon. |
| (0.40) | (Amo 5:12) | 6 sn Legal disputes were resolved in the city gate, where the town elders met. |
| (0.40) | (Amo 2:2) | 2 sn Kerioth was an important Moabite city. See Jer 48:24, 41. |
| (0.40) | (Amo 1:8) | 4 sn Ashkelon was one of the five major Philistine cities (along with Ashdod, Ekron, Gaza, and Gath). |
| (0.40) | (Amo 1:8) | 5 sn Ekron was one of the five major Philistine cities (along with Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gaza, and Gath). |
| (0.40) | (Amo 1:8) | 3 sn Ashdod was one of the five major Philistine cities (along with Ashkelon, Ekron, Gaza, and Gath). |
| (0.40) | (Dan 8:2) | 3 tn The Hebrew word בִּירָה (birah, “castle, palace”) usually refers to a fortified structure within a city, but here it is in apposition to the city name Susa and therefore has a broader reference to the entire city (against this view, however, see BDB 108 s.v. 2). Cf. NAB “the fortress of Susa”; TEV “the walled city of Susa.” |
| (0.40) | (Eze 40:10) | 1 sn The three alcoves are parallel to the city gates found at Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer. |
