The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

They assigned to the Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,

The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites ¹  forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.

When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. ¹ 

Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. ¹ 

The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants. ¹ 

He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.

He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.

He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem. ¹ 

These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins ¹  around them,

The cities of Aroer are abandoned. ¹  They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace. ² 

“I will provoke civil strife in Egypt, ¹  brothers will fight with each other, as will neighbors, cities, and kingdoms. ² 

Your chosen ¹  cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem ²  is a desolate ruin.

Let them fall ¹  slain in the land of Babylonia, ²  mortally wounded in the streets of her cities. ³ 

I will lay waste your cities; and you will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord!

a day of trumpet blasts ¹  and battle cries. ²  Judgment will fall on ³  the fortified cities and the high corner towers.

Paul and Barnabas ¹  learned about it ²  and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra ³  and Derbe ⁴  and the surrounding region.

The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. ¹  They will be as frightened as women. ²  The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down. ³