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


In Context

1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, |Go, view the land, including Jericho.| They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

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

3 The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, |Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.|

4 The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, |Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.