Joshua 5:10

5:10 So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the plains of Jericho. ¹ 

Joshua 5:2

A New Generation is Circumcised

5:2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.” ² 

Joshua 1:5

1:5 No one will be able to resist you ³  all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.

Jeremiah 39:5

39:5 But the Babylonian ⁴  army chased after them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho ⁵  and captured him. ⁶  They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at Riblah ⁷  in the territory of Hamath and Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him there.

Jeremiah 52:8

52:8 But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, ⁸  and his entire army deserted him.

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² tn Heb “return, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” The Hebrew term שׁוּב (shuv, “return”) is used here in an adverbial sense to indicate the repetition of an action.

³ tn Heb “A man will not stand before you.” The second person pronouns in this verse are singular, indicating Joshua is the addressee.

⁴ tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

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⁶ sn 2 Kgs 25:5 and Jer 52:8 mention that the soldiers all scattered from him. That is why the text focuses on Zedekiah here.

⁷ sn Riblah was a strategic town on the Orontes River in Syria. It was at a crossing of the major roads between Egypt and Mesopotamia. Pharaoh Necho had earlier received Jehoahaz there and put him in chains (2 Kgs 23:33) prior to taking him captive to Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar had set up his base camp for conducting his campaigns against the Palestinian states there and was now sitting in judgment on prisoners brought to him.

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