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ospel in
eography
Jericho
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Palestine in the days of Christ
Where are these places ?
01 Mediterranean Sea
02 Sea of Galilee
03 Nazareth
04 Mt Carmel
05 Judea
06 Sychar
07 Idumea
08 Bethlehem
09 Wise men – East
10 Egypt
11 Galilee
12 Jerusalem
12 Jordan
14 Betharabah
15 Cana
15 Capernaum
17 Gennesaret
18 Dalmanutha
19 Nain
20 Gergesa
21 Bethsaida
22 Phoenicia
23 Tyre
24 Sidon
25 Decapolis
26 Caesarea Philippi
27 Mt Hermon
28 Samaria
29 Jericho
30 Bethphage
31 Bethany
32 Gethsemane
33 Cyrene
34 Arimathea
35 Golgotha
36 Emmaus
37 Mt Olives
38 Dead Sea
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Palestine Region
Sidon
Tyre
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. Mt Hermon
.
. Caesarea Philippi
.
Bethsaida
Capernaum . . Gergesa
Gennesaret ..Sea of Galilee
Mt Carmel . Dalmanutha .
Cana . . Nain
Nazareth .
DECAPOLIS
Samaria .
Sychar .
Jericho .
Arimathea
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Jericho
Bethphage .
. Betharabah
. Emmaus
Jerusalem . . Bethany
Bethlehem .
JUDEA
Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Golgotha
Mt Olives
Wise men –
East
Dead Sea
Jordan River
Mediterranean Sea
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We will study this section when we study the
Old Testament in Geography
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Jordan River
Dead Sea
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Gospel in Geography
Mark 10:46
Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of
Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude,
blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the
road begging.
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Jericho
Jericho: Jesus healed a blind man while passing through Jericho
(Luke 18:35-43)This city was historically quite significant,
particularly during Old Testament times.
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• Joshua sent spies
across the Jordan to
the city of Jericho (2:1)
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Gospel in Geography
Joshua 2:1
Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from
Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, "Go, view the
land, especially Jericho." So they went, and came to
the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged
there.
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• Joshua sent spies
across the Jordan to
the city of Jericho (2:1)
• Spies learned that the
people of Jericho were
terrified
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Jericho from the South
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Jericho
The Old Testament
city is in the distance
and is the city Joshua
destroyed. In Jesus’
day a new center had
been constructed on
the Wadi banks in
the foreground.
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Jericho
After Jerusalem,
Jericho is the
most excavated
site in Israel.
Charles Warren in
1868 sank several
shafts but
concluded that
nothing was to be
found. He actually
missed the
Neolithic tower
by a meter.
Germans
excavated starting
in 1907 and found
the tower. 15
View Jericho
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View Jericho
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View Jericho
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Jericho Excavations
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Jericho Today
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Jericho Hotels Today
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Jericho Hotels Today
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Let’s take a side trip to the
Old
Testament
Where the children of Israel conquered
Palestine
The Conquest
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What do you know about these cities or
areas or rivers?
Moab
Dibon
Jahaz
Arnon River
Jabbok River
Bashan
Edrei
Mt Nebo
Gilgal
Jericho
Ai
Mt Ebal
C
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Q
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S
T
Mt Gerizim
Gibeon
Makkedah
Libnah
Lachish
Gezer - King
Eglon
Hebron
Debir
Gaza
Meron
Hazor
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Land of Israel
Conquest
of the
land of
Israel
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Land of Israel
Merom
. . Hazor
. Edrei
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Mt Ebal
Mt Gerizim
BASHAN
. Jabbok River
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. .Jericho . Mt Nebo
Gezer .
Gibeon .
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Makkedah
. Jahaz
Libnah .
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Dibon
Gaza .
. Hebron . Arnon River
. Lachish
. Eglon
. Debir
MOAB
Gilgal
Ai
Conquest
of the
land of
Israel
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Moab
Dibon
Jahaz
Arnon River
Jabbok River
Bashan
Edrei
Mt Nebo
Gilgal
Jericho
Ai
Mt Ebal
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Mt Gerizim
Gibeon
Makkedah
Libnah
Lachish
Gezer - King
Eglon
Hebron
Debir
Gaza
Merom
Hazor
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Land of Israel
Conquest
of the
land of
Israel
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Land of Israel
Merom
. . Hazor
. Edrei
..
Mt Ebal
Mt Gerizim
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. Jabbok River
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. .Jericho . Mt Nebo
Gibeon .
Gezer . . Makkedah
. Jahaz
Libnah .
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Dibon
. Hebron . Arnon River
. Lachish
. Eglon
. Debir
MOAB
Gilgal
Ai
Gaza
BASHAN
Conquest
of the
land of
Israel
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Journeys “Conquest”
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