Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Jericho?

Border city of entry, conquest, memory, and one of the Bible’s most famous ancient urban sites.

First appears in Numbers 22:1 · 13 books · 39 chapters

Overview

Jericho is a major biblical city near the Jordan, remembered for Israel’s entrance into the land and for later narratives in both the Old and New Testaments.

Jericho is represented in the local geography layer as Tell es Sultan. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 22:1 and is mentioned across 13 books, with 63 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

15 chapter s · 31 verse mentions

Numbers

7 chapter s · 9 verse mentions

2 Kings

2 chapter s · 7 verse mentions

Deuteronomy

2 chapter s · 3 verse mentions

Judges

2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions

1 Chronicles

2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions

Nehemiah

2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions

Jeremiah

2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions

2 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Ezra

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Hebrews

1 chapter · 1 verse mention