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 men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.
2 Kings 17:4
But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
Because
Joshua 2:9
and said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you.
Psalm 127:1
A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.
Unless the Lordbuilds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lordguards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
Unless the Lord
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
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Acts 5:1
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,