According to 1 Kings 6:1 it would have been about 1400BC, since we can date fairly closely the date of the temple of Solomon.
The address of the Jericho Town is: 7 The Green, Jericho Center, 05465 1055
According to Joshua, Jericho was the first city to be conquered in order to allow access to the promised land. Also, it was an important location for the local religions, and so the destruction would have been a psychological attack on the region as well.
The Bible does not say when the walls of Jericho fell, but the biblical genealogies give an approximation of around 1400 BCE. This differs from the archaeological evidence that the walls fell, as the result of an earthquake, approximately 1500 BCE and the city abandoned.
In the last chapter of Joshua it states of Joshuas death and burield as well as the death and buriel of Eleazar the son of Aaron also is dead and buried.
In the King James version the word - Jericho - appears 64 times
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Jericho had a perimeter-wall, or a double wall, at more than one stage in its history. One such ancient wall for which a perimeter-length is given, was about 600 meters (2000 feet) in length. See also:Joshua's conquest of Jericho
The town of Jericho was taken in the military campaign led by Joshua, in the Battle of Jericho described in the Book of Joshua in the Bible. It is known for its miraculous conquest where the walls of Jericho fell down after the Israelites marched around the city seven times blowing trumpets.
The biblical answer is yes: Jericho was the first city the Israelites conquered.However, archaeologists say that there was no city at Jericho between the fifteenth and eleventh centuries BCE; therefore there was no conquest of Jericho. Israel Finkelstein said, "Today more than 90% of scholars agree that there was no Exodus from Egypt, 80% feel that that the Conquest of the Land did not take place as described in the Bible ..."
Joshua conquered Jericho; and it was God who caused its walls to miraculously collapse (Joshua ch.6). See also:Evidence of the Joshua's conquest of JerichoReliability of the Hebrew BibleMore about Joshua
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The biblical answer would be 600,000, as this is the number of fighting men said to have reached Canaan. According to Joshua 6:3, all the fighting men of Israel were to surround Jericho. However the following account seems to imply a much smaller number who took part.However, archaeologists say that there was no city at Jericho at the relevant time; therefore there was no conquest of Jericho. Israel Finkelstein said, "Today more than 90% of scholars agree that there was no Exodus from Egypt, 80% feel that that the Conquest of the Land did not take place as described in the Bible ..."AnswerJoshua 6 states that the men of war walked around the walls of Jericho. This would have equaled around 600,000 people.
His conquest was cancelled by his death in 323 BCE.
The story of Jericho is found in the Bible book of Joshua chapters 2 - the account of the two spies and chapter 6 - the conquest.