the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
"Jericho ..." This was the place of Israel's entry into Canaan.  The name of the place probably signifies some ancient moon god, and its history reaches back some 5,000 years![16] It owes its existence to a marvelous spring that supplies an abundance of fresh water.  Here Jesus Christ himself healed the blind beggar Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46ff).  Here Jesus ate with the chief tax-collector Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10).  And the memory of a palace in Jericho was still in Jesus' mind when he spoke the parable of the pounds (Luke 19:11-27).  (See my comment under these references in the N.T. series of commentaries.)