Jericho

Luke

The Short King, the Side Quest, and the Main Event

Jericho is the final stop before Jerusalem — the city where Jesus is about to have a life-changing encounter that nobody in the crowd saw coming.

Numbers

The Roster Reset Nobody Expected

Jericho is the first Canaanite city Israel will face after crossing the Jordan — its proximity establishes exactly how close the new generation is to fulfilling the generational promise.

Numbers

Keep the Bag in the Family

Jericho sits directly across the Jordan as Israel's first target in Canaan, establishing that the nation is not wandering anymore — the conquest is imminent and land boundaries are no longer theoretical.

Joshua

Twelve Stones and a Flex for the Ages

The plains of Jericho are the immediate destination of the 40,000 armed soldiers — the city is the first military target, and the army is already marching toward it.

Joshua

New Land, New Identity, New Commander

Jericho is the first major fortified city standing between Israel and full possession of Canaan — mentioned here as the looming military objective that makes God's pre-battle identity rituals all the more striking.

Joshua

The Comeback W That Changed Everything

Jericho is referenced here as the legendary victory that preceded the Ai disaster — the contrast sets up the shocking nature of the defeat, going from a miraculous win to an embarrassing loss.

Joshua

The Gibeonites Finessed Their Way to Survival

Jericho is cited as the first major victory establishing Israel's fearsome reputation, the news of which has spread throughout Canaan and is now motivating both coalition and deception.

Joshua

Joseph's Kids Got the GPS Coordinates

Jericho appears here as a geographical anchor point marking where Joseph's allotment begins — the same city Israel famously conquered at the start of the campaign now serves as a boundary marker.

Joshua

Seven Tribes Still on the Bench

Jericho appears here as the northern boundary anchor point — it marks where Benjamin's border begins as it moves westward from the Jordan through the hill country.

Matthew

The Family Tree That Changed Everything

Jericho is named here as Rahab's hometown — the Canaanite city whose walls famously fell, and whose resident spy-protector became an ancestor of the Messiah.

Matthew

Same Pay Different Hours and Other Things That Don't Seem Fair

Jericho is the departure point for this healing — the last major city before the final ascent to Jerusalem, making this roadside miracle one of Jesus' last public acts before the passion week begins.

Mark

Camels, Kids, and the Cost of Following Jesus

Jericho is the city Jesus is departing when He encounters Bartimaeus — a major stop on the road up to Jerusalem, about 15 miles away, making this one of Jesus' final miracles before the Passion.

Hebrews

The Faith Hall of Fame

Jericho is referenced here as the city whose walls collapsed not through military force but through seven days of marching and trusting — the ultimate example of God's strategy defying human logic.

James

Stop Capping About Your Faith

Jericho is the city Rahab called home, where she sheltered the Israelite spies at great personal risk — the dangerous context that made her act of faith so costly and significant.

Numbers

When God Used a Donkey to Check a Prophet

Jericho appears here as the landmark across the river from Israel's camp, signaling how close the nation is to beginning the Promised Land conquest — Moab has every reason to be afraid.

Numbers

Safe Houses and Justice System

Jericho sits directly across the Jordan from Israel's camp, marking exactly how close the nation is to entering the land — this geographic detail underscores the urgency of getting these laws in place now.

Deuteronomy

The GOAT's Final View

Jericho sits directly across from Pisgah's summit, visible from Moses' vantage point as the gateway city to the Promised Land he will never enter.

Joshua

The River Said Move and the River Moved

Jericho is the first major Canaanite city directly across the Jordan from Israel's crossing point — its mention here signals that the conquest is about to begin the moment they reach dry land.

Joshua

Israel's Win Streak: The Full Highlight Reel

Jericho leads the entire thirty-one-king victory list as entry number one — the first city west of the Jordan that Israel took down, whose fall opened the entire conquest.

Joshua

Still Got Land on the Map

Jericho is referenced here as a geographic orientation point — the plains of Moab lay east of it, locating the spot where Moses made all the eastern tribal distributions.

Joshua

Six Safe Houses for When Things Go Wrong

Jericho serves as the geographic landmark orienting the eastern refuge cities — the three cities on the far side of the Jordan are defined in relation to this well-known boundary marker.

Judges

Left-Handed Assassin Energy

Jericho — called 'the city of palms' — is the strategic prize Eglon captures and makes his seat of power, a painful symbolic loss since it was Israel's first conquest under Joshua.

2 Samuel

When Kindness Gets You Clowned

Jericho serves here as a waystation of mercy — David sends his publicly shamed servants there to wait out their humiliation before returning to the capital.

1 Kings

The Speedrun of Terrible Kings

Jericho is being rebuilt here for the first time since Joshua destroyed it and pronounced his curse — Hiel's ambitious construction project costs him both his sons, exactly as God had warned.

2 Kings

When Everything Burned Down

Jericho is where Zedekiah's flight ends in capture — the plains near this ancient city become the site of his arrest, a cruel irony given that Jericho was once the first conquest of Israel entering the Promised Land.

1 Chronicles

Judah's Family Tree Goes Crazy

Jericho is the site of Israel's first Canaan conquest where Achan stole items God had designated as off-limits — that act of greed in that specific city is what earned him his genealogical infamy.

1 Chronicles

When Being Nice Gets You Violated

Jericho serves here as a way station of mercy — David sends his humiliated, half-shaved envoys there to recover their dignity in privacy before returning to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles

The King Who Speedran Every Bad Decision

Jericho is the destination where the Ephraimite leaders personally escort the released captives — the ancient city in Judean territory where families are reunited after the northern leaders choose mercy over exploitation.

Ezra

The Ultimate Roster Drop

Jericho appears here as an ancestral hometown with 345 returnees — people reclaiming connection to one of the oldest and most storied cities in Israel's history, its name carrying centuries of meaning.

Nehemiah

The Ultimate Group Project (Where Everyone Actually Showed Up)

Men from Jericho show up to help rebuild Jerusalem's walls — a notable act of solidarity from a community outside the capital, answering Nehemiah's call to restore the city.

Nehemiah

The Census That Proved They Were Built Different

Jericho is listed here as a town with 345 returning residents, one of the most ancient cities in the region being resettled as part of Nehemiah's documented restoration of the Israelite homeland.

Isaiah

God Said Don't Forget Where You Came From

Jericho is mentioned only as a contrast — the narrator clarifies that the 'Rahab' being invoked in prayer is not the woman from Jericho but a poetic name for Egypt and its chaos.

Jeremiah

When the Walls Finally Fell

Jericho is where Zedekiah's flight ends — Babylon's army catches him in the plains near this ancient city, ending his desperate escape attempt.

Jeremiah

When Everything Burned

Jericho is where Zedekiah's flight ends — the ancient city's plains become the site of his capture, closing off any hope of escape from Babylonian judgment.