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Jericho

Bible verses about Jericho in the King James Version.

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1. A city east of Jerusalem and near the Jordan River

  • Numbers 22:1

    And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

  • Numbers 26:3

    And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

  • Deuteronomy 34:1

    And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

Called THE CITY OF PALM TREES

  • Deuteronomy 34:3

    And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

Location of, pleasant

  • 2 Kings 2:19

    And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

Rahab the harlot lived in

  • Hebrews 11:31

    By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

Joshua 2

Joshua sees the "captain of the host" of the Lord near

  • Joshua 5:13–15

    And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

Besieged by Joshua for seven days; fall and destruction of

  • Joshua 24:11

    And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

Joshua 6

Situated within the territory allotted to Benjamin

  • Joshua 18:12

    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 Beth-aven.

  • Joshua 18:21

    Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

The Kenites lived at

  • Judges 1:16

    And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

King of Moab makes conquest of, and establishes his capital at

  • Judges 3:13

    And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

Rebuilt by Hiel

  • 1 Kings 16:34

    In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite 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.

Company of "the sons of the prophets," lived at

  • 2 Kings 2:4

    And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

  • 2 Kings 2:5

    And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

  • 2 Kings 2:15

    And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

  • 2 Kings 2:18

    And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

Captives of Judah, taken by the king of Israel, released at, on account of the denunciation of the prophet Oded

  • 2 Chronicles 28:7–15

    And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. …

Inhabitants of, taken captive to Babylon, return to, with Ezra and Nehemiah

  • Ezra 2:34

    The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

  • Nehemiah 7:36

    The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

Assist in repairing the walls of Jerusalem

  • Nehemiah 3:2

    And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.

Blind men healed at, by Jesus

  • Matthew 20:29–34

    And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. …

  • Mark 10:46

    And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway side begging.

  • Luke 18:35

    And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

Zacchaeus lived at

  • Luke 19:1–10

    And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. …

2. Plain of

  • 2 Kings 25:5

    And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

  • Jeremiah 52:8

    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

3. Waters of

  • Joshua 16:1

    And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,

Purified by Elisha

  • 2 Kings 2:18–22

    And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. …