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
So the [king’s] men pursued them on the road to the Jordan as far as the fords [east of Jericho]; as soon as the pursuers had gone out after them, the gate [of the city] was shut.
2 Kings 17:4
But the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea, who sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and bound him in prison.
Because
Joshua 2:9
and she said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the terror and dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted [in despair] because of you.
Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
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Acts 5:1
Now a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,