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And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

Verse ConceptsCarnageConquest

For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilation

Only, the cattle and the spoil of the city Israel took as prey to themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which he had commanded Joshua.

as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.

Verse ConceptsArchitectureServanthood, In Life Of BelieversToolsBook of the LawIron ObjectsThe Law Given Through MosesPeace offerings

And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written before the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsCopies Of Documents

And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, EventsJudgesFractions, One HalfHalf Of GroupsPriests In Action

There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua read not before the whole congregation of Israel, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that lived among them.

Verse ConceptsForeignersChildren, needs ofTeaching ChildrenTraining Children

And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitBottle, UsesenvoyCraftinessWineskins And Vatsimprovement

And put old stitched-up shoes on their feet, and old clothing on their backs; and all the food they had with them was dry and broken up.

Verse ConceptsShoesRepulsive FoodRepairingFood Decaying

And they said unto him - From a very far country, have thy servants come, because of the name of Yahweh thy God, - because we had heard his fame, and all that he had done in Egypt;

Verse ConceptsFamePeople From Far Away

and all that he had done unto the two kings of the Amorites who were over the Jordan, - unto Sihon, king of Heshbon, and unto Og, king of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth.

Verse ConceptsIndependenceTwo Other MenSingle Mindedness

So the men took of their provision, - but, the bidding of Yahweh, had they not asked.

Verse ConceptsAskingNot Enquiring Of GodDirection

And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

Verse ConceptsNeighbours

And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsFaultsResentment, Against People

And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

Verse ConceptsMan Providing WaterKept Alive By MenFirewood

The Gibeonites answered him, “It was clearly communicated to your servants that the Lord your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you. We greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.

Verse ConceptsAnxiety, Examples Of

Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

Verse ConceptsAi, The CityTreatyAnnihilation

So they were terrified, since Gibeon was a large city, comparable to one of the royal cities, was larger than Ai, and all of its men had been warriors.

Verse ConceptsCityLargenessFearing Other People

And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them up to Azekah, and they died. They were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel had slain with the sword.

Verse ConceptsHailSkyWeather, As God's JudgmentGod KillingIsrael FleeingGod Killed The Peoples

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

Verse ConceptsBooksBooks, Not PreservedSkyOne DayHistorical BooksSunSunshineThe Moonmovement

Now the five defeated kings had fled and hidden themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

Verse ConceptsCavesFive PeoplePeople In CavesPeoples Who Fledhiding

And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

Verse ConceptsFive People

And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.

Verse ConceptsCityCarnageExterminationSurvivors Of The Nations

And it came to pass when they had brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called to all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, Come forward, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came forward and put their feet on their necks.

Verse ConceptsFeetNecksSubjectionCare Of FeetThose Subjected To People

And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

Verse ConceptsSunsetsCaves For BuryingCorpses Of Other PeoplePlaces To This Day

And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof: he utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationConquestNo SurvivorsExtermination

and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In IsraelNo SurvivorsExterminationThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

Verse ConceptsThe Second Day Of The WeekExterminationDay 2Those God Gave Into Their Hands

Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

Verse ConceptsdefeatNo SurvivorsExtermination

And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationExtermination

And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

Verse ConceptsVillagesAnnihilationNo SurvivorsExtermination

And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationConquestNo SurvivorsExtermination

And Joshua smote the whole country, the mountain, and the south, and the lowland, and the hill-slopes, and all their kings: he let none remain, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfAnnihilationExterminationGentile RulersThe Shephelah

And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.

Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesMany CombatantsLargenessSand And GravelLarge Armies

After all these kings had gathered together, they went out and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight Israel.

And the LORD delivered them into the hands of Israel: and they smote them and chased them, into great Sidon, and unto the hot waters, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward: and smote them until they had none remaining of them.

Verse ConceptsConquestNo SurvivorsExterminationThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had said to him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.

Verse ConceptsHorsesDestroying Chariotsmuscles

At that time Joshua turned back, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, because Hazor had formerly been the leader of all these kingdoms.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsKilling Kings

And all the cities of those kings and all their kings did Joshua take; and he smote them with the edge of the sword, destroying them utterly, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationExtermination

However, Israel did not burn any of the cities that had been built on mounds of ruins, except for Hazor only, which Joshua burned.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyConflagrationsBurning Cities

And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

Verse ConceptsNo SurvivorsExtermination

As Jehovah had commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua: he let nothing fail of all that Jehovah had commanded Moses.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In Life Of Believers

Joshua waged war with all these kings a long time [at least five years].

Verse ConceptsAction For A Long Time

No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,

Verse ConceptsAgreements, Legal

For it was of Jehovah that their heart was hardened, to meet Israel in battle, that they might be utterly destroyed, and that there might be no favour shewn to them, but that they might be destroyed, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessPredestination, Spiritual EventsGod KillingGod Hardening PeopleGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod Without MercyCaused By God

So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah spake unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsRest, PhysicalWarfare, Examples OfTypes Of ChristConquestTime Of Peace

Now, these, are the kings of the land, whom the sons of Israel had smitten, and of whose land they had taken possession, over the Jordan, towards the rising of the sun, - from the ravine of Arnon, as far as Mount Hermon, and all the waste plain, on the east:

Verse ConceptsThe SunArnonBeyond JordanGentile Rulers

Moses the servant of Yahweh, and the sons of Israel, had smitten them, - and Moses the servant of Yahweh, had given it, as a possession, unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites, and unto the half tribe of Manasseh.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityMinistry, Nature OfReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

When Joshua had grown old, having lived many years, the LORD told him, "You are old and have lived many years, but much of the land still remains to be possessed.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftInfirmitiesGradual Conquest Of The Land

With the other half of the tribe, the Reubenites and Gadites had received the inheritance Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the Lord’s servant had given them:

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityBeyond JordanReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

the entire kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei—he alone was left of the remnant of the Rephaim [giants]—for Moses had struck them and dispossessed them.

Verse ConceptsGiantsSole Survivors

He did not give any inheritance to the tribe of Levi. This was its inheritance, just as He had promised: the offerings made by fire to the Lord, the God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityNo Earthly InheritancePriestly InheritanceRegulating Sacrifices

all the cities of the plateau, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. Moses had killed him and the chiefs of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

Verse ConceptsPrincesNamed Gentile Rulers

And in the valley they had Betharam, Bethnimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, and Jordan and the coasts that lie thereon, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth, on the other side Jordan eastward.

And Moses gave unto the half tribe of Manasseh. And the half tribe of Manasseh had their part by their kindreds.

But Moses did not give a portion to the tribe of Levi. The Lord, the God of Israel, was their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

Verse ConceptsGod Is My PortionNo Earthly Inheritance

their inheritance was by lot, as Jehovah had commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and the half tribe.

For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

Verse ConceptsBeyond Jordan

As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.

And my brethren that had gone up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceFollowing GodLosing Courage

Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then.

Verse ConceptsInfirmitiesStrong IndividualsStrength In Battlefaith and strengthWarBattleAgeenergystrengh

So now, give me this hill-country named by the Lord at that time; for you had an account of it then, how the Anakim were there, and great walled towns: it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I will be able to take their land, as the Lord said.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsCityHelpfulnessLand, As A Divine GiftLargenessCourage, Examples OfGiantsGod Will Be With YouGradual Conquest Of The Landreinforcement

And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalGiantsTime Of Peace

And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among the children of Judah, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua, that is, Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the father of Anak which is Hebron.

It happened, when she came, that she had him ask her father fore a field. She got off of her donkey, and Caleb said, "What do you want?"

And in the low country they had Eshtaol, Zorah, and Ashnah;

And in the mountains, they had Shamir, Jattir, and Socoh;

And in the wilderness they had Betharabah, Middin and Secacah;

along with the cities that had been set aside for the descendants of Ephraim within the allotment of the descendants of Manasseh, including all of the cities and villages.

There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

Verse ConceptsAncestorsFirstborn Sons

But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

And they had come near, before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh, commanded Moses, to give us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren, - And he had given them, according to the bidding of Yahweh, an inheritance, in the midst of the brethren of their father.

Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.

Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;

And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

Verse ConceptsMegiddo

It happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn't utterly drive them out.

Verse ConceptsNot Driving Them OutForced Labour

The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh where it set up the tent of meeting there; the land had been subdued by them.

Verse ConceptsCongregationPriesthood, In OtShrinesTent Of MeetingArk Of The Covenant, EventsSacred PlacesThe House Of God At Shiloh

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

Verse ConceptsSeven People

For the Levites have no part among you; to be the Lord's priests is their heritage; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have had their heritage on the east side of Jordan, given to them by Moses, the servant of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHeirsPriesthood, In OtBeyond JordanNo Earthly InheritancePriestly InheritanceReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,

Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

Verse ConceptsMore Than Enough

Their territory included Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; in all they had twelve cities and their towns.

Verse ConceptsBethlehemTwelve Things

Their border touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. They had sixteen cities and their towns.

Verse ConceptsSixteen

Umah, Aphek, and Rehob. In all they had twenty-two cities and their towns.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Some

Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. In all they had nineteen cities and their towns.

Verse ConceptsNineteen

The territory of the sons of Dan went beyond these; so the sons of Dan went up to fight against Leshem (Laish) and captured it. Then they struck it with the edge of the sword and took possession of it and settled there [between the tribes of Naphtali and Manasseh]; they renamed Leshem, Dan, after the name of their father (ancestor) Dan.

Verse ConceptsSwordsFighting EnemiesPeople Naming Things

When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:

As the Lord had instructed, they gave him the city he requested -- Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it.

Verse ConceptsTownRebuilding Named Cities

If the blood avenger pursues him, they shall not hand the offender (manslayer) over to him, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally and without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand.

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingNot Hating

And he is to go on living in that town till he has to come before the meeting of the people to be judged; (till the death of him who is high priest at that time:) then the taker of life may come back to his town and to his house, to the town from which he had gone in flight.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of Office HoldersPermission To Return Home

These were the appointed cities for all the Israelites and for the stranger sojourning (living temporarily) among them, so that whoever killed any person unintentionally may flee there, and not die by the hand of the blood avenger until he had stood before the congregation [for judgment].

Verse ConceptsAccidental KillingsForeigners Included In The LawMan AvengingUnintentional

So, just as the Lord had said, the Israelis set aside cities for the descendants of Levi from a portion of their own inheritances, along with their grazing lands.

And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

Verse ConceptsTen Things

And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Things

The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

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