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Joshua 2:2

Now the king of Jericho was told, "Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to spy and search out the land."

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Hospitality;   Reconnoissance;   Vigilance;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Architecture in the Biblical Period;   Immorality;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hoshea;   Jericho;   Joshua;   Rahab;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Rahab, Rachab ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jericho;   Rahab;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   Rahab;   Shittim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jer'icho;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jericho;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua (2);  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
And it was told to the king of Jericho, "Behold, men of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land."
Update Bible Version
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Look, there came men in here tonight of the sons of Israel to search out the land.
English Revised Version
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.
New Century Version
Someone told the king of Jericho, "Some men from Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land."
New English Translation
The king of Jericho received this report: "Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land."
Webster's Bible Translation
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel, to search out the country.
World English Bible
It was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the children of Israel to search out the land.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it was teld, `and seid to the kyng of Jerico, Lo! men of the sones of Israel entriden hidir bi nyyt, to aspie the lond.
Young's Literal Translation
And it is told to the king of Jericho, saying, `Lo, men have come in hither to-night, from the sons of Israel, to search the land.
Berean Standard Bible
And it was reported to the king of Jericho: "Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land."
Contemporary English Version
But someone found out about them and told the king of Jericho, "Some Israelite men came here tonight, and they are spies."
American Standard Version
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.
Bible in Basic English
And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it was tolde the king of Iericho, saying: Beholde, ther came men in hyther to night, of the children of Israel, to spye out the countrey.
Complete Jewish Bible
The king of Yericho was told about it — "Tonight some men from Isra'el came here to reconnoiter the land."
Darby Translation
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men have come hither to-night from the children of Israel to search out the land.
Easy-to-Read Version
But someone told the king of Jericho, "Last night some men from Israel came to look for weaknesses in our country."
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying: 'Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.'
King James Version (1611)
And it was told the king of Iericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night, of the children of Israel, to search out the countrey.
New Life Bible
Then the king of Jericho was told, "See, men of Israel have come here to spy out the land."
New Revised Standard
The king of Jericho was told, "Some Israelites have come here tonight to search out the land."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, - Lo! men, have come in hither to-night of the sons of Israel to search out the land.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then report was made to the King of Iericho, saying, Beholde, there came men hither to night, of the children of Israel, to spie out the countrey.
George Lamsa Translation
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came certain men here tonight from the children of Israel to spy in the country.
Good News Translation
The king of Jericho heard that some Israelites had come that night to spy out the country,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was told the king of Jericho, and was said: Behold there are men come in hither, by night, of the children of Israel, to spy the land.
Revised Standard Version
And it was told the king of Jericho, "Behold, certain men of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land."
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
An it was reported to the king of Jericho, saying, Men of the sons of Israel have come in hither to spy the land.
Christian Standard Bible®
The king of Jericho was told, “Look, some of the Israelite men have come here tonight to investigate the land.”
Hebrew Names Version
It was told the king of Yericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the children of Yisra'el to search out the land.
King James Version
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
Lexham English Bible
The king of Jericho was told, "Look, some men from the Israelites have come here tonight to search out the land."
Literal Translation
And it was reported to the king of Jericho saying, Behold, men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel, to search the land.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then was it tolde the kynge of Iericho: Lo, there are men come in this nighte from the childre of Israel, to spye the londe.
THE MESSAGE
The king of Jericho was told, "We've just learned that men arrived tonight to spy out the land. They're from the People of Israel."
New American Standard Bible
But it was told to the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land."
New King James Version
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold, men have come here tonight from the children of Israel to search out the country."
New Living Translation
But someone told the king of Jericho, "Some Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
It was told the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land."
Legacy Standard Bible
And it was told to the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land."

Contextual Overview

1Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as scouts secretly from Shittim, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho [the walled city]." So they went and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab, and lodged there. 2Now the king of Jericho was told, "Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to spy and search out the land."3So the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who entered your house, because they have come [as spies] to search out all the land." 4But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them; so she said, "Yes, two men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. 5"When it was time to close the [city] gate at dark, the men left; I do not know where they went. Pursue them quickly, for [if you do] you will overtake them." 6But [in fact] she had brought the scouts up to the roof and had hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof [to dry]. 7So the [king's] men pursued them on the road to the Jordan as far as the fords [east of Jericho]; as soon as the pursuers had gone out after them, the gate [of the city] was shut.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

told the king: Psalms 127:1, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 43:13, Daniel 4:35

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 1:24 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden (oasis) in the east, in Eden (delight, land of happiness); and He put the man whom He had formed (created) there.
Genesis 2:11
The first [river] is named Pishon; it flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Exodus 23:12
"Six days [each week] you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall stop [working] so that your ox and your donkey may settle down and rest, and the son of your female servant, as well as your stranger, may be refreshed.
Exodus 31:17
"It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He ceased and was refreshed."
Deuteronomy 5:14
but the seventh day is a Sabbath [a day of rest dedicated] to the LORD your God; on that day you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock or the stranger who stays inside your [city] gates, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
Isaiah 58:13
"If you turn back your foot from [unnecessary travel on] the Sabbath, From doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a [spiritual] delight, and the holy day of the LORD honorable, And honor it, not going your own way Or engaging in your own pleasure Or speaking your own [idle] words,
John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now [He has never ceased working], and I too am working."
Hebrews 4:4
For somewhere [in Scripture] He has said this about the seventh day: "AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS";

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was told the king of Jericho, saying,.... Who being alarmed at the near approach of the Israelites, and knowing their claim to the land of Canaan, and their design upon it, employed men to watch and observe what passed in the city, and parts adjacent, and inform him of it; or some persons of themselves, and for their own safety, and the good of their fellow citizens, gave notice to the king of it:

behold, there came men hither tonight of the children of Israel; who were known by their habit and language; or at least, being strangers, were suspected to be of that people, the terror of whom had fallen on all the inhabitants, so that every strange man they took for an Israelite; from hence it appears, that the spies came to Jericho at night, that they might not be observed: but with all their precaution they were taken notice of, and their design suspected, namely,

to search out the country; which were the proper places to attack first, and where there was the greatest probability of succeeding, as well as to find out the disposition of the inhabitants, whether fearful or fearless of them.


 
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