Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
Ver. 1. Now Jericho was strictly shut up.] Claudens, et clausa erat: but there is no power or policy against the Lord. Pro 21:30 The "Captain of God's hosts" was before the city, and therefore ευαλωτος η πολις, - as he told Phocas, - the town was soon taken.