Joshua 6:2
Then the Lord said to Joshua, “I am putting Jericho into your hands, with its king and all its fighting men.
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In Context
1Now Jericho had shut its gates against the Israelites. No one left the town, and no one entered it.
3For six days you and all your men at arms must march round the town once a day,
Cross References
Joshua 2:9“I know that the Lord has given you this country, and how the terror of you has fallen upon us, until all who live here are trembling before you.
Joshua 5:13One day, when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before him, holding a drawn sword. Joshua went up to him and said, “Are you for us, or are you for our enemies?”
Joshua 8:1Then said the Lord to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid or dismayed. Take all the warriors with you and march up to Ai. I put into your hands the king of Ai with his people and his town and his country.
Joshua 12:9There was the king of Jericho, the king of Ai, beside Bethel,
Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:2-6
The Siege of Jericho. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times,… Read the whole commentary →