Bible Handbook

Origin and History of Cities

Cain built the first city, Genesis 4:17. Babylon built, Genesis 10:10, 11, margin. First high building, Genesis 11:3, 4. God displeased, Genesis 11:5-9; Patriarchs and Prophets, 120. Lot chose the cities, Genesis 13:12. Very wicked, Genesis 13:13; 18:20, 21; 19:24, 25. Lot’s 2nd choice, Genesis 19:17-20. Ruin of daughters, Genesis 19:30-39. Deceit and violence, Psalm 55:9-11. If Satan is not destroyed, he will fill the face of the earth with cities, Isaiah 14:20, 21. Cities judged, Ezekiel 22:2. According to light, Matthew 11:20-24. In the day of God, Zephaniah 1:14-16; Isaiah 30:25. Complete destruction, Isaiah 32:19; Jeremiah 4:26; Revelation 16:17-19. BHB 97.1