When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
Joshua 6:1 - King James Version - American Edition Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 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. |
When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshe´a: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
And Eli´jah said unto him, Eli´sha, 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.
Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
and it went down from Jano´hah to At´aroth, and to Na´arath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth–hog´lah, and the valley of Keziz,
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
and they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
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.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.