Jericho
place of fragrance, a fenced city in the midst of a vast
grove
of palm trees, in the plain of Jordan, over against
the place
where that river was crossed by the Israelites
(Josh. 3:16). Its
site was near the 'Ain es-Sultan, Elisha's Fountain
(2 Kings
2:19-22), about 5 miles west of Jordan. It was the
most
important city in the Jordan vall...
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his moon; his month; his sweet smell...
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And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the
border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and
went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out
thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven....
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And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of
Jordan, [were given them] out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in
the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,...
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And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto
Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle
thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an
ambush for the city behind it....
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And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge
of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them,
and all the souls that [were] therein; he let none remain: and
he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of
Jericho....
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