Battle of Jericho

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The Battle of Jericho is a biblical event in which the Israelites, led by Joshua, captured the fortified city of Jericho after its walls miraculously collapsed following seven days of ritual encirclement and trumpet blasts.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Jericho canonical 4
fall of Jericho 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
biblical event ⓘ
associatedSite Tell es-Sultan (ancient Jericho) ⓘ
linked to: Jericho
associatedWithInstrument shofar ⓘ
associatedWithNumber seven ⓘ
commandedBy Yahweh ⓘ
linked to: YHWH
commemoratedIn Jewish and Christian teaching ⓘ
describedIn Book of Joshua ⓘ
duration seven days ⓘ
exception sparing of Rahab and her family ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Ai ⓘ
linked to: battle of Ai
hasAntagonist Canaanites ⓘ
hasKeyObject Ark of the Covenant ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Rahab ⓘ
hasLeader Joshua ⓘ
hasLiteraryGenre Deuteronomistic history narrative ⓘ
hasMainProtagonist Israelites ⓘ
hasTheme divine intervention ⓘ
faith and obedience ⓘ
fulfillment of divine promise ⓘ
influencedWork spiritual song "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" ⓘ
involvesAction blowing of trumpets ⓘ
ritual encirclement of the city ⓘ
shouting by the Israelites ⓘ
locatedInNarrative land of Canaan ⓘ
linked to: Land of Canaan
mentionedIn Hebrews 11:30 ⓘ
Quranic tradition about the Israelites entering the Holy Land ⓘ
narratedInChapter Joshua 6 ⓘ
partOf Israelite conquest of Canaan ⓘ
precededBy crossing of the Jordan River ⓘ
RahabRole harboring Israelite spies ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
result capture of Jericho by the Israelites ⓘ
collapse of the walls of Jericho ⓘ
destruction of the city of Jericho ⓘ
killing of Jericho’s inhabitants ⓘ
ritualElement marching around Jericho once per day for six days ⓘ
marching around Jericho seven times on the seventh day ⓘ
priests blowing ram’s horn trumpets ⓘ
signAssociated scarlet cord in Rahab’s window ⓘ
subjectOf archaeological debates about historicity ⓘ
symbolizes God’s power over fortified cities ⓘ
victory through faith rather than military strength ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Jericho ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jericho → knownFor → Battle of Jericho ⓘ
Ark of the Covenant → associatedWithEvent → fall of Jericho ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Jericho
Israelite conquest of Canaan → includesEvent → Battle of Jericho ⓘ
Battle of Ai → precededBy → Battle of Jericho ⓘ
subject linked to: battle of Ai
Joshua → associatedWithEvent → fall of Jericho ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Jericho
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho → basedOn → Battle of Jericho ⓘ