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Added comment that Jericho was destroyed at harvest time.
* The city was overcome by a catastrophe in which a new culture replaced the previous culture at a number of locations in the area, with the incoming people not being adept at building. (The Israelites had been living in tents for forty years.)
* The city was overcome by a catastrophe in which a new culture replaced the previous culture at a number of locations in the area, with the incoming people not being adept at building. (The Israelites had been living in tents for forty years.)
* It was well-stocked with food, so the conquering of it was not by starving out the inhabitants.
* It was well-stocked with food, so the conquering of it was not by starving out the inhabitants.
* Conquest was at harvest time, because grain jars were full (see Joshua 3:15).
* The siege could not have been long, because the food supplies were intact or almost intact. In contrast, some years earlier the Egyptians besieged Sharuhen in the Gaza area, another well-fortified city, for three years before it was conquered.
* The siege could not have been long, because the food supplies were intact or almost intact. In contrast, some years earlier the Egyptians besieged Sharuhen in the Gaza area, another well-fortified city, for three years before it was conquered.
* The city remained largely uninhabited for hundreds of years afterwards.
* The city remained largely uninhabited for hundreds of years afterwards.