2The king of Jericho was told, "Look! Some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land."


In Context

1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. "Go, look over the land," he said, "especially Jericho." So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

2 The king of Jericho was told, "Look! Some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land."

3 So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: "Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land."

4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from.

Joshua 2:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2The king of Jericho was told, |Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.