The Babylonian army chased King Zedekiah and caught him near Jericho. All of Zedekiah’s soldiers left him and ran away.
Joshua 4:13 - Easy To Read Version About 40,000 soldiers, prepared for war, passed before the Lord. They were marching toward the plains of Jericho. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 about forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition About 40,000 [of these] prepared for war passed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for battle. American Standard Version (1901) about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. Common English Bible Approximately forty thousand armed for war crossed over in the LORD’s presence to the plains of Jericho, ready for battle. Catholic Public Domain Version And forty thousand fighters, by companies and divisions, advanced through the plains and fields of the city of Jericho. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And forty thousand fighting men by their troops, and bands, marched through the plains and fields of the city of Jericho. |
The Babylonian army chased King Zedekiah and caught him near Jericho. All of Zedekiah’s soldiers left him and ran away.
So the Lord led them another way. He led them through the desert by the Red Sea. [90] The people of Israel were dressed for war when they left Egypt.
The Babylonian army chased Zedekiah and the soldiers with him. Those soldiers caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They captured Zedekiah and took him to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar was at the town of Riblah, in the land of Hamath. At that place, Nebuchadnezzar decided what to do to Zedekiah.
But the Babylonian army chased King Zedekiah. They caught him on the plains of Jericho. All of Zedekiah’s soldiers ran away.
Then our children can be safe from the other people that live in this land. But we will gladly come and help the other people of Israel. We will bring them to their land.
Wear the full armor (protection) of God. Wear God’s armor so that you can fight against the devil’s evil tricks.
“At that time, I gave those family groups this command: ‘The Lord your God has given you the land on this side of the Jordan River to live in. But now your fighting men must take their weapons and lead the other Israelite family groups across the river.
The men from the family groups of Reuben, Gad, and half of the family group of Manasseh obeyed Moses. These men crossed the river in front of the other people. These men were prepared for war. They were going to help the rest of the people of Israel {take the land God had promised to give them}.
That day the Lord made Joshua a great man to all the people of Israel. The people respected Joshua from that time on. They respected Joshua all his life, the same as they respected Moses.
The people of Israel celebrated Passover while they were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho. This was on the evening of the 14th day of the month.
So all the people of Israel joined together. They all came together to stand before the Lord in the city of Mizpah. People came from everywhere in Israel. [166] Even the Israelite people from Gilead [167] were there.