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The story of Jericho's walls falling in Joshua 6 is one of the most famous in the Bible — and one of the most archaeologically significant. Excavations at Tell es-Sultan have uncovered evidence consistent with a sudden, catastrophic destruction of the city in the Late Bronze Age.
Key Question
Has archaeology confirmed the biblical account of Jericho?
Joshua 6:20
“So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.”
Hebrews 11:30
“By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.”
“The Jericho evidence is one of the most compelling cases in biblical archaeology. The details — sudden destruction, grain jars, walls falling outward, a section of wall preserved — match the biblical account with remarkable precision.”
“The dating debate about Jericho is a legitimate scholarly discussion, but even the skeptical dating cannot explain away the physical evidence of a sudden, catastrophic destruction consistent with the biblical account.”
“The grain jars are the detail that most impresses me. A city under siege for months would have eaten its grain. The full jars confirm a sudden fall — exactly what Joshua 6 describes.”