Canaan & Kingdoms
Jericho
Tell es-Sultan and Jericho area, West Bank
WHAT HAPPENED HERE
Biblical story
Jericho was Israel’s first major conquest in Canaan and later the city where Jesus met Zacchaeus and healed blind men.
WHY IT MATTERS
Place in the Bible’s story
Its stories join judgment, rescue, faith, hospitality, healing, and personal transformation.
THEN & NOW
Understanding the location
Jericho is among the world’s oldest inhabited areas, with multiple archaeological layers representing different periods.
RELATED SCRIPTURE · KJV
Read it in the Bible
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:15
“And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
Joshua 3:5
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