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Spreads out on the west side of the Jordan River,
at 825 feet below sea level.
After Jerusalem, Jericho is the most excavated site in Israel.
A city east of Jerusalem and near
the Jordan River {Num. 22:1; 26:3;
Dt. 34:1}
Location of, pleasant {2 Ki. 2:19}
Rahab the harlot lived in {Josh. 2; Heb. 11:31}
Joshua sees the "captain of the host" of the Lord near {Josh. 5:13-15}
Besieged by Joshua for seven days; fall and destruction of {Josh. 6;
24:11}
Situated within the territory allotted to Benjamin {Josh. 18:12, 21}
The Kenites lived at {Judg. 1:16}
King of Moab makes conquest of,
and establishes his capital at {Judg.
3:13}
Rebuilt by Hiel {1 Ki. 16:34}
Purified by Elisha {2 Ki. 2:18-22}
Company of "the sons of the prophets," lived at {2 Ki. 2:4,5, 15,
18}
Captives of Judah, taken by the king of Israel, released at,
on account of the denunciation of the prophet Oded {2 Chr. 28:7-15}
Inhabitants of, taken captive to Babylon, return to, with Ezra and
Nehemiah {Ezra 2:34; Neh. 7:36}
Assist in repairing the walls of Jerusalem {Neh. 3:2}
Blind men healed at, by Jesus {Mt. 20:29-34; Mk. 10:46; Lk. 18:35}
Zacchaeus lived at {Lk. 19:1-10}
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