This descriptive phrase serves as an alternate name for Jericho, highlighting the city's lush vegetation and date palm groves in an otherwise arid region. Deuteronomy 34:3 uses the epithet in describing the view from Mount Nebo: 'the plain of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palms.' Judges 1:16 and 3:13 also use the term. Jericho's abundant water supply (from nearby springs) made it an oasis, and the date palms became iconic. The name evokes fertility, blessing, and the contrast between Israel's desert wanderings and the fruitful land they were entering.