פֶּתַח

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.

And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.

So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

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?

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.

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.

And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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.

And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.

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.

After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

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.

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

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

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.