Joshua 6 Don't Rebuild Jericho

seekeroftruth

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Joshua 6:26 At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: “Cursed before the Lord is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho:

“At the cost of his firstborn son
he will lay its foundations;
at the cost of his youngest
he will set up its gates.”​

27 So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.​

This is from the easy English site.

The serious promise that Joshua made came true 500 years later. We read about it in 1 Kings 16:34. A man called Hiel started to build Jericho. When he started, his oldest son died. When he completed it, his youngest son died.

People who study history thought a lot about Jericho. They have found many ancient things near Jericho city. But we are not sure whether they have found anything from the time of Joshua. About 1930, Mr John Garstang found a city like the one that Joshua destroyed. Its walls had fallen down. And a fire had destroyed everything. About 1950, Miss Kathlene Kenyon went to Jericho. She did not agree that Mr Garstang had found the city in the Book of Joshua. But she thought that she had found some things from that city. Perhaps nobody will be able to find anything from the city of Jericho that Joshua defeated. We must remember that nobody built anything in the area for 500 years after Joshua. So, perhaps there was nothing left.​

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The interesting thing about Jericho is the verification that exists among people of the "book" (Muslims, Christians, and Jews). All three religions have accounts regarding Jericho, so although our belief systems are divergent, we can all agree that this city existed, and then all of a sudden, didn't.
 
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