Joshua 6:2

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Yahweh said to Joshua, Behold, I have given into your hand Jericho, and the king of it, and the mighty men of valor.

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Jericho was a fortified Canaanite city in the Jordan Valley, near the Israelite camp after their crossing of the Jordan. In this passage, its strategic strength highlights that its promised defeat would come by the Lord’s gift rather than Israel’s military power.

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Joshua 6:2 mentions Jericho.