fall of Jericho

Biblical city conquest

The fall of Jericho refers to the biblical account in which the Israelites conquered the Canaanite city of Jericho by marching around its walls for seven days until they collapsed.

The story appears in the Book of Joshua and is central to narratives of divine intervention in warfare.

The phrase evokes dramatic collapse or the breaching of seemingly impenetrable barriers: The Berlin Wall's fall was like the fall of Jericho for Cold War Europe.

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  • wallsVertical enclosing structures
  • trumpetValved brass wind instrument
  • JoshuaBiblical military leader
  • siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
  • collapseSudden structural failure

Israelites · conquest · marching · shofar · ram's horn · battle cry · crumbling · Canaan · promised land · seven · seven days · priests · rubble · ark · circling · destruction · battle · ancient

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