They were too ashamed to return home. When David heard about what had happened, he sent word for them to stay in Jericho and not return until their beards had grown again.
Joshua 6:1 - Good News Translation (US Version) The gates of Jericho were kept shut and guarded to keep the Israelites out. No one could enter or leave the city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
They were too ashamed to return home. When David heard about what had happened, he sent word for them to stay in Jericho and not return until their beards had grown again.
But one year Hoshea sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, asking for his help, and stopped paying the annual tribute to Assyria. When Shalmaneser learned of this, he had Hoshea arrested and put in prison.
Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Now stay here; the Lord has ordered me to go to Jericho.” But Elisha answered, “I swear by my loyalty to the living Lord and to you that I will not leave you.” So they went on to Jericho.
If the Lord does not build the house, the work of the builders is useless; if the Lord does not protect the city, it does no good for the sentries to stand guard.
Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, reaching Jericho and ending at the Jordan.
The cities belonging to the families of the tribe of Benjamin were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,
Then Joshua sent two spies from the camp at Acacia with orders to go and secretly explore the land of Canaan, especially the city of Jericho. When they came to the city, they went to spend the night in the house of a prostitute named Rahab.
and then said, “We are sure that the Lord has given us the whole country. All the people there are terrified of us.”
The king's men left the city, and then the gate was shut. They went looking for the Israelite spies as far as the place where the road crosses the Jordan.
And the commander of the Lord's army told him, “Take your sandals off; you are standing on holy ground.” And Joshua did as he was told.
The Lord said to Joshua, “I am putting into your hands Jericho, with its king and all its brave soldiers.