Joshua 6:1
Now Jericho was closely shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
Webster Bible
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 2:7And the men pursued them the way to Jordan to the fords: and as soon as they who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
Joshua 2:24And they said to 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.
Joshua 18:21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
2 Kings 2:4And Elijah said to him, Elisha, 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.
Psalms 127:1A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD shall build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD shall keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain.
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 →