God didn’t clear ALL of the territory He had promised to Israel. He saved some for later generations. He left work for individual tribes to do too. When Joshua finished the initial campaigns he was about 61 years old. He was past his fighting prime. God had called for the men of Israel to serve […]
We are resting and recounting with Israel. Moses’ battles came into view the last time we met. Today the conquests of Joshua take center stage. Joshua’s campaigns with Israel lasted about two years. I don’t have chapter and verse for this, yet. It may be later on in our reading but I trust the sites […]
It’s time to recap. We will look at the final battles that were fought in Moses’ time. These were the battles that conquered the territory east of Jordan. We just finished with Joshua and the mighty men of Israel conquering the northern territory. Now we are going to take a break and look back at […]
Joshua and the fighting men of Israel have just completed their southern campaign and returned to where they started. The neighbors to the north are in a tizzy! Jabin, king of Hazor was in a quandary. Israel was getting too close for his comfort. He learned from the battle at Gibeon that five kings weren’t […]
Joshua and all the fighting men of Israel are on the war path. God gave them victory and they just kept going. He takes a HUGE bite out of the country for Israel Libnah, Lachish, Gezer, Eglon, Hebron, Debir are the cities that fell by the hand of God through Joshua and the men of […]
