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Place

Jericho

Identified location. The site is known today and most scholars agree on it.

An oasis city near the Jordan and the first city Israel took in Canaan. Rahab hid the spies here. Elijah and Elisha passed through, and Elisha healed its spring. Jesus gave Bartimaeus his sight near Jericho and stayed with Zacchaeus.

Who passed through

In story order. King James Version.

  1. Rahab, Joshua 2:3
    And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
  2. Joshua, Joshua 5:13
    And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
  3. Joshua, Joshua 6:2
    And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
  4. Rahab, Joshua 6:25
    And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
  5. Elijah, 2 Kings 2:4
    And Elijah said unto 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.
  6. Elisha, 2 Kings 2:19
    And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
  7. Zedekiah, 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.
  8. Bartimaeus, 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 Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway side begging.
  9. Jesus Christ, Mark 10:47
    And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
  10. Zacchaeus, Luke 19:2
    And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

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Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).