Jericho is a city located west of the Jordan River, which was very prosperous even in ancient times. It was the first city to be captured during the Conquest of Canaan.
Joshua 5:8Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal to this day.Joshua 5:9The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal. They kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.Joshua 5:10They ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, in the same day.
이후, 베냐민 지파의 소유지로 분할되었다.
Joshua 18:21Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
이후, 사사시대에 에글론(모압 왕)이 이곳을 점령하였다가 에훗(사사)에게 암살당하게 된다.
Judges 3:13The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
유다 왕국의 마지막 왕인 시드기야는 느부갓네살에게 쫓겨 여기까지 도망쳤다가 잡혀서 바벨론으로 끌려갔다.
2 Kings 25:5Then they captured the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.
Jeremiah 39:5Then the king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons in Riblah before his eyes. The king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
신약시대에는, 예수님이 삭개오를 만난 곳이다.
Luke 19:1There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
Luke 10:30By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.