Joshua 6:2 (DBY)

Passage

And Jehovah said to Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, [and] the valiant men.

Nearby Context

Joshua 6:1 Now Jericho was shut up and was barred, because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

Joshua 6:2 And Jehovah said to Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, [and] the valiant men.

Joshua 6:3 And ye shall go round the city, all the men of war, encompassing the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

Joshua 6:4 And seven priests shall carry before the ark seven blast-trumpets; and on the seventh day ye shall go round the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "said", "joshua", "given", "hand", "jericho", "king", and "thereof". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Now Jericho was shut up and was..." into verse 3's "And ye shall go round the city...", so "jehovah" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.