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
15 chapter s · 31 verse mentions
7 chapter s · 9 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 7 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 3 verse mentions
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2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention