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Valley of Achor

Near Jericho, in the wilderness of Judah · Old Testament · 5 verses

The Valley of Achor was a valley near Jericho on the border of Judah. Its name means trouble. The name appears in Joshua, Isaiah, Hosea in the King James text.

About Valley of Achor

The Valley of Achor was a valley near Jericho on the border of Judah. Its name means trouble.

Its place in the story

In the Valley of Achor, Achan was judged for taking devoted spoil from Jericho, and the place was named for the trouble he brought on Israel. It later served as a boundary marker of Judah. Hosea foretold that God would make the valley of Achor a door of hope.

Valley of Achor in Scripture (KJV)

“And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.”
Joshua 7:24 (KJV)
“And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.”
Joshua 7:26 (KJV)
“And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:”
Joshua 15:7 (KJV)
“And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.”
Isaiah 65:10 (KJV)
“And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.”
Hosea 2:15 (KJV)

Where it leads

Hosea's promise that the valley of trouble would become a door of hope points to the transformation God works, brought to fullness in Christ.

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The Valley of Achor was a valley near Jericho on the border of Judah. Its name means trouble. The name appears in Joshua, Isaiah, Hosea in the King James text.

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In the Valley of Achor, Achan was judged for taking devoted spoil from Jericho, and the place was named for the trouble he brought on Israel. It later served as a boundary marker of Judah. Hosea foretold that God would make the valley of Achor a door of hope.

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