When this was reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, since they were deeply humiliated. The king said, ‘Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.’
Joshua 6:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now Jericho was strongly fortified because of the Israelites #– #no one leaving or entering. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition NOW JERICHO [a fenced town with high walls] was tightly closed because of the Israelites; no one went out or came in. American Standard Version (1901) Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. Common English Bible Now Jericho was closed up tightly because of the Israelites. No one went out or came in. Catholic Public Domain Version Now Jericho was closed as well as fortified, out of fear of the sons of Israel, and no one dared to depart or to enter. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for fear of the children of Israel, and no man durst go out or come in. |
When this was reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, since they were deeply humiliated. The king said, ‘Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.’
But the king of Assyria caught Hoshea in a conspiracy: He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt and had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.
Elijah said to him, ‘Elisha, stay here; the Lord is sending me to Jericho.’ But Elisha said, ‘As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.’ So they went to Jericho.
From Janoah it descended to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and went to the Jordan.
These were the cities of the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,
Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from the Acacia Grove, saying, ‘Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.’ So they left, and they came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.
They told Joshua, ‘The Lord has handed over the entire land to us. Everyone who lives in the land is also panicking because of us.’
The men pursued them along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they left to pursue them, the city gate was shut.
The commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, ‘Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.’ And Joshua did so.
The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Look, I have handed Jericho, its king, and its best soldiers over to you.