Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
Was straitly
Because
General references
Bible References
Was straitly
Joshua 2:7
The men pursued them along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they left to pursue them, the gate was shut.
2 Kings 17:4
But the king of Assyria discovered Hoshea’s conspiracy. He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt and had not paid tribute money to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.
Because
Joshua 2:9
and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and everyone who lives in the land is panicking because of you.
Psalm 127:1
A Solomonic song of ascents.Unless the Lord builds a house,
its builders labor over it in vain;
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.
its builders labor over it in vain;
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.
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Acts 5:1
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property.