Joshua 7:26

God's Word

They made such a large pile of stones over Achan that it is still there today. Then the Lord withdrew his burning anger. For this reason that place is still called the valley of Achor today.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom, threw him into a huge pit in the forest, and piled a large heap of stones over him. Meanwhile, all Israel fled and went back to their homes.

2 Samuel 21:14

Then they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin, in Zela, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. They did everything the king ordered. After that, God answered the prayers for the land.

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now I intend to make a pledge to the Lord God of Israel so that he may turn his burning anger away from us.

Ezra 10:14

Let our leaders represent the whole community. At a set time, everyone who has married a foreign woman must meet with the leaders and judges of each city until our God’s burning anger has turned away from us in this matter.”

Psalm 85:4

Restore us, O God, our savior. Put an end to your anger against us.

Exodus 32:12

Don’t let the Egyptians say, ‘He was planning all along to kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth. That’s why he brought them out ⌞of our land⌟.’ Don’t be so angry. Reconsider your decision to bring this disaster on your people.

Isaiah 40:2

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and announce to it that its time of hard labor is over and its wrongs have been paid for. It has received from the Lord double for all its sins.”

Isaiah 65:10

The Sharon Plain will be a pasture for flocks. The Achor Valley will be a resting place for cattle and for my people who search for me.

Lamentations 3:53

They threw me alive into a pit and threw rocks at me.

Hosea 2:15

I will give her vineyards there. I will make the valley of Achor [Disaster] a door of hope. Then she will respond as she did when she was young, as she did when she came out of Egypt.

Hosea 2:17

I won’t allow her to say the names of other gods called Baal. She will never again call out their names.

Joel 2:13

Tear your hearts, not your clothes. Return to the Lord your God. He is merciful and compassionate, patient, and always ready to forgive and to change his plans about disaster.

Joel 2:18

Then the Lord became concerned about his land, and he had pity on his people.

Jonah 1:15

Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the sea became calm.

Zechariah 6:8

Then he called out to me, “Look! Those who went to the north have made my Spirit rest in the north.”

Numbers 25:8

and went into the tent after the Israelite man. He drove the spear through the man and into the woman’s body. Because of this, the plague that the Israelites were experiencing stopped.

Deuteronomy 13:17

Don’t ever take any of the things claimed for destruction. Then the Lord will stop being angry and will show you mercy. In his mercy he will make your population increase, as he swore to your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 13:18

The Lord your God will do this if you listen to him, obey all the commands that I’m giving you today, and do what he considers right.

Joshua 10:27

When the sun went down, Joshua gave the order to take them down from the poles. Then they threw them into the cave where they had been hiding and put large stones over the mouth of the cave. These stones are still there today.

Joshua 7:24

Joshua and all Israel took Achan (son of Zerah), the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, and his tent—everything he had—and brought them to the valley of Achor [Disaster].

Joshua 8:29

Joshua hung the king of Ai’s ⌞dead body⌟ on a pole and left him there until evening. When the sun went down, Joshua gave the order to take his body down. They threw it in the entrance of the city and made a large pile of stones over it. That pile is still there today.