Jordan valley, north of the Dead Sea · Today: Tell es-Sultan / Jericho, West Bank

Jericho in the Bible

Jericho is the first city Israel faces west of the Jordan, taken after seven days of circling. It reappears as the setting of the good Samaritan's road, Zacchaeus in his sycamore, and blind Bartimaeus by the roadside.

Archaeology

Tell es-Sultan is among the oldest continuously occupied sites known, with a Neolithic tower and wall thousands of years older than Israel. The dating of its Bronze Age destruction remains one of the most argued questions in biblical archaeology.

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Verses mentioning Jericho

64 occurrences across 59 verses in the King James Version.

  1. Nehemiah 7:36

    The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

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  2. Jeremiah 39:5

    But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. gave: Heb. spake with him judgments

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  3. Jeremiah 52:8

    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

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  4. Matthew 20:29

    And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

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  5. Mark 10:46

    And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.

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  6. Luke 10:30

    And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

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  7. Luke 18:35

    And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

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  8. Luke 19:1

    And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

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  9. Hebrews 11:30

    By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

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