Joshua 6:1
Now, Jericho, was shut up and barred because of the sons of Israel,—none came out and none went in.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 2:7So, the men, pursued them by way of the Jordan unto the fords,—the gate being shut as soon as they who pursued them had gone forth.
Joshua 2:24and they said unto Joshua, Yahweh, hath delivered, into our hand all the land,—moreover also all the inhabitants of the land, have melted away, from before us.
Joshua 18:21So then the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, by their families, are,—Jericho and Beth-hoglah, and Emekkeziz,
2 Kings 2:4Then Elijah said to him—Elisha, I pray thee, tarry here, for, Yahweh, hath sent me to Jericho. And he said—By the life of Yahweh and by the life of thine own soul, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
Psalms 127:1If, Yahweh, build not the house, in vain, have the builders of it toiled thereon, If, Yahweh, watch not the city, in vain, hath the watchman kept awake:
Matthew Henry on Joshua 6:1
Joshua opened the campaign with the siege of Jericho, a city which could not trust so much to the courage of its people as to act offensively, and to send out its forces to oppose Israel's landing and encamping, but trusted so much to the strength of its walls as to stand upon its defence, and not to surrender, or desire conditions of peace. Now here we have the story of the taking of it, I. The directions and assurances which the captain of the Lord's host gave concerning it, ver. 1-5 . II. The trial of the… Read the whole commentary →