Jericho
JER`I-CHO (his moon, month, or sweet smell). An original
city of Canaan in valley of Jordan seven miles from the
river, and eighteen miles from Jerusalem. Due west from
Gilgal and the place where the river was forded by the
Israelites. Destroyed by Joshua and fell to Benjamin, Josh,
16:7 ; 18:21. A curse was pronounced on him who should
rebui...
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In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the
foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the
gates thereof in his youngest [son] Segub, according to the
word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun....
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Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had
heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it;
as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai
and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace
with Israel, and were among them;...
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And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the
captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among
them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat
and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of
them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm
trees, to their brethren: then th...
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And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they
assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the
tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad,
and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh....
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And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the
hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword,
and all the souls that [were] therein; he let none remain in
it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of
Jericho....
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The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which [is] beside
Bethel, one;...
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1. A city east of Jerusalem and near the Jordan River
Nu 22:1; 26:3; De 34:1
Called THE CITY OF PALM TREES
De 34:3
Location of, pleasant
2Ki 2:19
Rahab the harlot lived in
Jos 2; Heb 11:31
Joshua sees the "captain of the host" of the Lord near
Jos 5:13-15
Besieged by Joshua for seven days; fall and destruction
of
Jos 6; 24:11
Situated ...
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(place of fragrance), a city of high antiquity, situated in
a plain traversed by the Jordan, and exactly over against
where that river was crossed by the Israelites under Joshua.
Jos 3:16 It was five miles west of the Jordan and seven
miles northwest of the Dead Sea. It had a king. Its walls
were so considerable that houses were built upon the...
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his moon; his month; his sweet smell...
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