She said to them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light on you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may you go your way.
"Get you to the mountains   ..." These were the rugged hills that rise 1,500 feet to 2,000 feet above the Jericho plain within a mile or so of the city.  These limestone hills with many caves and grottoes were the very ones where the Dead Sea Scrolls have been discovered in recent times, only about eight or ten miles southward from Jericho![24]  Rahab had correctly surmised that the search party would go toward the Jordan River; or, was she familiar with the king's search parties from previous experiences?