Israel's Entry into Canaan
Josh 1–12 · c. 1406–1400 BC
From the Jordan River to the conquest of the land – Joshua's campaign in the promised land, with the fall of Jericho, the ruse of the Gibeonites and the great battles in the south and north (Josh 1–12).
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Israel’s Entry into Canaan
Josh 1–12 · c. 1406–1400 BC
From the Jordan River to the conquest of the land – Joshua's campaign in the promised land, with the fall of Jericho, the ruse of the Gibeonites and the great battles in the south and north (Josh 1–12).
Trip stops (15)
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The plains of Moab (Shittim)
Josh 2:1; 3:1
The camp east of the Jordan. Joshua sends two spies to Jericho. They are hidden by Rahab the harlot on the city wall.
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Crossing the Jordan
Josh 3:14-17
The priests carry the ark of the covenant down into the Jordan. The water stops, and all Israel crosses on dry ground – as at the Red Sea.
3
Gilgal
Josh 4:19 – 5:12
Twelve stones from the riverbed of the Jordan are set up as a memorial. The people are circumcised and keep the Passover, and the manna ceases – they eat the produce of the land.
4
Jericho
Josh 6:1-27
The city is shut up tight. For six days they march around it once. On the seventh day seven times – the priests blow the trumpets, the people shout, and the walls fall down. Rahab and her family are saved.
5
Ai (the defeat)
Josh 7:1-26
Israel is defeated at Ai. The reason: Achan has taken some of the devoted plunder from Jericho. The sin is purged.
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Ai (the victory)
Josh 8:1-29
Joshua attacks again with an ambush. Ai is taken and burned. This time the victory is Israel's.
7
Mount Ebal
Josh 8:30-35
Joshua builds an altar on Mount Ebal and writes the law on stones. All Israel – with women, children and strangers – hears the blessings and the curses read aloud.
8
Gibeon (the treaty)
Josh 9:3-27
The ruse of the Gibeonites: they pose as travellers from a distant land and trick Israel into a treaty. When the deception is discovered, Joshua makes them hewers of wood and drawers of water.
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Beth-horon (the southern campaign)
Josh 10:1-14
Five Amorite kings attack Gibeon. Joshua marches all night from Gilgal and takes them by surprise. At the pass of Beth-horon the Lord throws down hailstones on those who flee. "Sun, stand still over Gibeon!"
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Makkedah
Josh 10:16-28
The five kings hide in a cave. Joshua captures and executes them. The town is taken.
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Lachish
Josh 10:31-33
Joshua besieges and takes Lachish in the southern lowland. King Horam of Gezer tries to relieve the city but is defeated.
12
Hebron
Josh 10:36-37
Hebron is taken – the city that later becomes Caleb's inheritance and David's first royal seat.
13
Debir
Josh 10:38-39
The southernmost city of the campaign. "Joshua struck the whole land – the hill country, the Negev, the lowland and the slopes."
14
Hazor (the northern campaign)
Josh 11:1-15
King Jabin of Hazor gathers a huge coalition. Joshua takes them by surprise at the waters of Merom. Hazor – the mightiest kingdom in the north – is the only city that is burned.
15
Gilgal (return)
Josh 14:6
The campaign is over. "And the land had rest from war." From Gilgal the inheritance is divided among the tribes.