Rahab

When Joshua sent two spies to explore the city of Jericho, they stayed at the house of Rahab, which was built into the city wall.

Hidden Under the Flax

The king of Jericho found out and sent soldiers to catch them. But Rahab quickly took them up to the roof and hid them under stalks of flax. She had courage because she believed that the God of Israel is the only true God.

Before they climbed down the rope outside the wall, the spies promised Rahab that her life and her family’s lives would be spared.

The Agreement at the Window

“Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by.” That is what they told her. Everyone who would be in her house would be saved.

When the walls of Jericho fell with a crash at the shouts of the people, the section of wall with Rahab’s house and the red cord stayed untouched!

A New Life

Rahab and her family were brought out of the city with honor. She married Salmon and became the great-grandmother of King David and an ancestor of the Savior, Jesus Christ.