What does the Bible say about jericho?

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• Joshua 6:1-27

  [1] Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. [2] Yahweh said to Joshua, Behold, I have given into your hand Jericho, and the king of it, and the mighty men of valor. [3] You shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shall you do six days. [4] Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. [5] It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him. [6] Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh. [7] They said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Yahweh. [8] It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them. [9] The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went. [10] Joshua commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall you shout. [11] So he caused the ark of Yahweh to compass the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. [12] Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh. [13] The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of Yahweh, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went. [14] The second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. [15] It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on the day they compassed the city seven times. [16] It happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Yahweh has given you the city. [17] The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Yahweh: only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. [18] But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it. [19] But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to Yahweh: they shall come into the treasury of Yahweh. [20] So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew the trumpets; and it happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. [21] They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword. [22] Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her. [23] The young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had; all her relatives also they brought out; and they set them outside of the camp of Israel. [24] They burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Yahweh. [25] But Rahab the prostitute, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. [26] Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Yahweh, that rises up and builds this city Jericho: with the loss of his firstborn shall he lay the foundation of it, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. [27] So Yahweh was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.

• Hebrews 11:30

  By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.

• Mark 10:46-52

  [46] They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. [47] When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!" [48] Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!" [49] Jesus stood still, and said, "Call him." They called the blind man, saying to him, "Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!" [50] He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. [51] Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rhabboni, that I may see again." [52] Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has made you well." Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

• Joshua 2:1-24

  [1] Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lay there. [2] It was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the children of Israel to search out the land. [3] The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men who are come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to search out all the land. [4] The woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know whence they were: [5] and it happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; where the men went I don't know: pursue after them quickly; for you will overtake them. [6] But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof. [7] The men pursued after them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. [8] Before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof; [9] and she said to the men, I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. [10] For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed. [11] As soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath. [12] Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token; [13] and that you will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death. [14] The men said to her, Our life for yours, if you don't utter this our business; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you. [15] Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall. [16] She said to them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light on you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may you go your way. [17] The men said to her, We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear. [18] Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall gather to you into the house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household. [19] It shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be on him. [20] But if you utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear. [21] She said, According to your words, so be it. She sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. [22] They went, and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them. [23] Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them. [24] They said to Joshua, Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.

• Joshua 24:11

  You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

• 1 Kings 16:34

  In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation of it with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates of it with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

• Luke 19:1-10

  [1] He entered and was passing through Jericho. [2] There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. [3] He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short. [4] He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. [5] When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house." [6] He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully. [7] When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner." [8] Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much." [9] Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. [10] For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."

• 2 Kings 2:4-5

  [4] Elijah said to him, Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho. He said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho. [5] The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?" He answered, "Yes, I know it. Hold your peace."

• Matthew 20:29-34

  [29] As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. [30] Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!" [31] The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!" [32] Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?" [33] They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened." [34] Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

• 2 Kings 2:18-22

  [18] They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'" [19] The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the land miscarries. [20] He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt therein. They brought it to him. [21] He went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus says Yahweh, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying. [22] So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

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