Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Israel » Heart » To God » During » Life » Joshua
As long as Joshua lived, the people of Israel served Jehovah. After his death they continued to do so as long as those leaders were alive who had seen for themselves everything Jehovah had done for Israel.
Verse Concepts
The people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works Jehovah did for Israel.
Verse Concepts
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim » Joshua buried at
They buried him on his own land at Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash. As long as Joshua lived, the people of Israel served Jehovah. After his death they continued to do so as long as those leaders were alive who had seen for themselves everything Jehovah had done for Israel. The body of Joseph, which the people of Israel had brought from Egypt, was buried at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of silver. Joseph's descendants inherited this land.