Loca Sacra
Jericho
- Scripture
- Old & New Testament
- Ancient region
- Holy Land
- Today
- Jericho (Tell es-Sultan and modern city), West Bank, Palestine
In the Bible
First city taken in the conquest of Canaan; Zacchaeus’ town; Jesus healed blind Bartimaeus nearby.
Where it is now
One of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited sites; archaeological tel and oasis city below the Judean hills.
Key events
- ✦Walls fall at Joshua’s trumpet
- ✦Elijah and Elisha
- ✦Zacchaeus