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Siege at Jericho

Album: 22: The Changing Times

Episode: 292

Lesson/Theme: Bible history: Rahab and the spies; Joshua and the walls of Jericho.

Bible Verse: Joshua 1:10-6:27

Characters: Lucy

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer: Mark Drury

Original Air Date: December 10, 1994

Last Air Date: March 6, 2009

Description:
We interrupt this search to bring you a special bulletin: Brink Chetley, Lucy Cunningham-Schultz, Lawrence Hodges, and the rest of the Kid’s Radio Old Testament Action News Team report on a crisis in the Middle East! They follow the incredible story that unfolds in the year 1406 b.c. The people of Israel are getting ready to invade the land of Canaan, specifically the city of Jericho, the Canaanite stronghold. Lucy is with the Israelites as they prepare to attack. Lawrence is inside the city, talking with a prostitute named Rahab, who lives in a house built in the city walls. And Chet is back in the newsroom. He is trying to make sense of it all with Middle East expert Hassn Ben-Sober. Don’t miss this late-breaking historical news story! We now return you to your regularly scheduled web surfing.

Questions:
Why was Joshua so certain the Israelites would take Jericho? Why do you think God had the Israelites march around the city instead of attacking it directly? How was Rahab rewarded for helping out Israel? Why did Rahab agree to hide the spies?