![]() ![]() Under God’s direction, the Israelites marched around the city once a day for six days and seven times on the seventh day. ![]() In Joshua 6:1-2, the city of Jericho was tightly shut to prevent the invasion of Israelites, but the Lord promised to give the city into Joshua’s hand. Archaeological evidence reveals that it’s surrounded by a stone wall 3.6 meters (11.8 feet) high and 1.8 meters (5.9 feet) wide at the base. According to the New International Commentary on the Old Testament, the city measured 225 meters by 80 meters with a circumference of 600 meters. Archaeologists believe that it was inhabited from 10,000 BC, one of the oldest cities in the world and the oldest city with protective wall. Ancient Jericho (Tel Jericho), described in Deuteronomy 34:3 as “the city of palm trees", is located 2 km north of modern Jericho. ![]() Jericho is a Palestinian city in the West Bank between the Jordan River and Jerusalem with a population of slightly over 20,000. ![]()
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