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Jericho

Modern Tell es-Sultan, near modern Jericho, West Bank
Coordinates 31.8710, 35.4440 View modern location ↗
Eras Conquest and the JudgesThe life of Christ

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Jordan River — The Jordan River, Israel/Jordan borderSea of Galilee — Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), northern IsraelSea of GalileeMount of Olives — Mount of Olives, east of JerusalemGolgotha (Calvary) — Traditional: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Alternative: Garden Tomb areaGarden of Gethsemane — At the foot of the Mount of Olives, JerusalemGarden of GethsemaneAi — Et-Tell, near Bethel (debated)AiCapernaum — Tell Hum, northern shore of the Sea of GalileeCapernaumNazareth — Nazareth, IsraelNazarethShiloh — Khirbet Seilun, West BankShilohGibeon — El-Jib, West BankGibeonSamaria — Sebastia, West BankSamariaBethel — Beitin, West Bank (proposed)BethelHebron — Hebron, West BankHebronBethlehem — Bethlehem, West BankBethlehemBeersheba — Tel Be'er Sheva, Negev, IsraelBeershebaShechem — Tell Balata, near Nablus, West BankShechemJerusalem — Jerusalem (Old City around the Temple Mount)JerusalemJericho — Tell es-Sultan, near modern Jericho, West BankJericho
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The first Canaanite city to fall, with walls that collapsed at the sound of trumpets. One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth; Kathleen Kenyon's excavations dated levels going back to the 8th millennium BC. Jesus later healed blind Bartimaeus here and called Zacchaeus down from the sycamore.

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