Fall of Jericho
| Fall of Jericho | |||||
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| Part of the Conquest of Canaan | |||||
Depiction by Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld (1794–1872) | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Israelites | Canaanites | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Joshua | King of Jericho † | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 40,000 | Unknown | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| Nil | Massacre of all inhabitants (excluding Rahab and her family). | ||||
The Fall of Jericho, as described in the biblical Book of Joshua, was the first military engagement fought by the Israelites in the course of the conquest of Canaan. According to Joshua 6:1–27, the walls of Jericho fell after the Israelites marched around the city walls once a day for six days, seven times on the seventh day, with the priests blowing their horns daily and the people shouting on the last day. Excavations at Tell es-Sultan, the biblical Jericho, have found evidence of a city at the relevant time (end of the Bronze Age), but there is a consensus among scholars that the story is mythical.