Jericho

Joshua

When Promises Get Property Lines

Jericho is cited as a recent military victory that signals the conquest phase is complete, setting the stage for the land division that follows.

Luke

The Day Nobody Saw Coming

Jericho appears here as the unexpected setting where Jesus pauses his journey to Jerusalem, choosing to linger with its most despised resident rather than pressing on to the capital.

Numbers

When the Fine Print Matters

Jericho appears here as the landmark visible across the Jordan — the first city Israel will face in Canaan — marking how close the nation is to fulfilling God's promise.

Joshua

Twelve Stones and a Story Worth Telling

Jericho is the looming destination as 40,000 armed Israelite soldiers march onto its plains — the first major Canaanite city standing between Israel and possession of the Promised Land.

Joshua

Back Where Everything Fell Apart

Jericho is referenced here as the scene of Achan's original crime — the city whose devoted spoils he stole, setting off the chain of events that led to Israel's failure at Ai.

Joshua

The Con That Saved a City

Jericho is cited here as the first and most dramatic proof of Israel's military power — its total destruction is the reason the surrounding nations are now scrambling to respond.

Joshua

The Day the Sun Stood Still

Jericho is cited as evidence of the pattern that terrifies Adoni-zedek — a major city already destroyed by Israel, proof that the conquest is real and accelerating.

Joshua

Thirty-One Kings Down

Jericho is cited in the intro as one of the signature moments of the conquest — its famously crumbled walls serving as shorthand for the miraculous military campaign this chapter now tallies in full.

Joshua

Retirement Wasn't an Option

Jericho is invoked here as the landmark victory that established Joshua's command — the city whose walls fell supernaturally at the start of the conquest, now a reference point for everything Joshua has accomplished.

Joshua

Why Are You Still Standing Here?

Jericho appears as a northern boundary landmark for Benjamin's territory — the city whose miraculous fall launched the entire conquest is now simply a geographic reference point in a property survey.

Joshua

The Speech That Demanded an Answer

Jericho is cited here as the first and most iconic victory of the conquest — a shorthand for the entire campaign God won on Israel's behalf, establishing that the land was God's gift, not Israel's achievement.

Nehemiah

Every Hand on the Wall

The men of Jericho are among the first builders named, working beside the priests near the Sheep Gate — their presence shows that this was a multi-city effort, not just a Jerusalem project.

Matthew

The Family Tree Nobody Expected

Jericho is named as the city Rahab called home — the Canaanite stronghold where she sheltered Israelite spies and earned her place in the story of redemption.

Matthew

The Upside-Down Kingdom

Jericho is the location where Jesus and the crowd are departing when the two blind men call out — a waypoint on the final road to Jerusalem where Jesus pauses to heal before the journey's climax.

Mark

Who Actually Gets In

Jericho is the city Jesus is leaving when Bartimaeus calls out from the roadside — the final stop before Jerusalem, making this healing one of the last public acts before the passion begins.

Luke

The Ones Who Won't Give Up

Jericho is the last major stop on the road to Jerusalem, where Jesus heals a blind beggar who refuses to be silenced — one of the final miracles before the events of Holy Week begin.

James

The Chapter That Won't Let You Off the Hook

Jericho is the city Rahab inhabited and protected the spies within — the very walls of an enemy stronghold became the place where her courageous, faith-driven action was performed.

Numbers

The Hired Prophet and the Talking Donkey

Jericho appears as a geographic landmark establishing how threateningly close Israel's camp is to Balak's kingdom — the distance is uncomfortably small.

Numbers

The Last Command

Jericho appears as a geographic landmark orienting the camp's location — the plains of Moab opposite Jericho place Israel just across the river from their first conquest target, the campaign against Midian completing before the crossing begins.

Deuteronomy

The View from the Mountaintop

Jericho appears here as the visible landmark directly across from Moses on Mount Nebo — the city of palm trees represents the threshold of the Promised Land Moses can see but will never cross.

Joshua

The Day the River Stopped

Jericho is named here as the city directly across the Jordan from Israel's crossing point — its presence on the opposite bank immediately signals the next challenge awaiting the nation the moment they finish crossing.

Joshua

Every King at Once

Jericho is named here as one of the early defining victories in the conquest narrative — its walls famously fell first, and it stands as the symbolic opening act of the long campaign now reaching its conclusion.

Joshua

Every Single Promise

Jericho is referenced here as the iconic first conquest under Joshua — the miraculous collapse of its walls establishing the pattern that every victory belonged to God, not Israel's military strength.

Judges

When Winning Wasn't Enough

Jericho represents the signature miracle of Joshua's conquest — its walls famously falling at God's command — now cited as part of a legacy Israel is struggling to continue.

Judges

The Cycle No One Could Break

Jericho's fallen walls are referenced here as another miracle the eyewitness generation experienced — spectacular evidence of God's power that somehow didn't survive one generational handoff.

Judges

The Same Mistake on Repeat

Jericho appears here as the 'city of palms' seized by Eglon as his base of operations — the city whose walls God famously brought down is now occupied by a foreign king, symbolizing how far Israel has fallen.

1 Samuel

The Day the Glory Left

Jericho's walls are invoked as shorthand for God's seemingly impossible victories on behalf of Israel — making the Ark's capture all the more devastating by contrast with what God had once done for this same people.

1 Kings

The Throne That Nobody Could Hold

Israel's throne becomes a revolving door of assassination and judgment, burning through six kings in a single chapter. Each one is worse than the last — until Ahab arrives and makes them all look mild, setting the stage for Elijah's entrance into the story.

1 Chronicles

Where the Royal Line Begins

Jericho appears here as the site of Israel's first Promised Land conquest — and the place whose forbidden plunder Achan stole, triggering divine judgment and military defeat for the entire nation.

Ezra

Every Name on the List

Jericho appears here as a destination in the geographical census — 345 people are returning to the ancient city by the Jordan, resettling one of the oldest inhabited sites in the promised land.

Jeremiah

The Day the Walls Finally Fell

Jericho is where Zedekiah is overtaken and captured — the plains outside this ancient city become the site of the fallen king's arrest and the end of Judah's monarchy.