In the Bible there is a horrible picture of the treatment by Israelites of its inhabitants. we read in the Bible: "... so that the people went up into the city" (that is Jericho) "And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword, "and they bunt the city with all that was in it, "But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord,"
Thus Jericho remained in this condition until it was repaired in the reign of Ahab the son of Ouri who was one of the kings of Israel (874-852 B.C.) Hiel the Bethelite fortified and repaired it four hundred years after its destruction There is a reference to that in the Bible, namely that Joshna 's curse befell Hiel.