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
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Bible References
Was straitly
Joshua 2:7
And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them.
2 Kings 17:4
And the king of Asshur findeth in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he hath sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and hath not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restraineth him, and bindeth him in a house of restraint.
Because
Joshua 2:9
and she saith unto the men, 'I have known that Jehovah hath given to you the land, and that your terror hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.
Psalm 127:1
A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.
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Acts 5:1
And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,