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Joshua: AUTHOR: Joshua - 1350 B.C. - OLD TESTAMENT - History

kjv@Joshua:1 JOSHUA - This book serves as the connecting link between the Pentateuch and the later historical books; it name is derived from the principal character, Joshua. Chapters 1 to 23 describe the conquest of the land and it division among the tribes of Israel. In the final chapters ( kjv@Joshua:23-24 ), Joshua, somewhat after the fashion of Moses, exhorts the people in a series of farewell addresses "to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses," and solemnly challenges them to the renewal of their covenant commitment to God.


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Joshua @ Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in kjv@Numbers:13:16 (A.V.), and Jesus in kjv@Acts:7:45 and kjv@Hebrews:4:8 (R.V., Joshua). He was born in Egypt, and was probably of the age of Caleb, with whom he is generally associated. He shared in all the events of the Exodus, and held the place of commander of the host of the Israelites at their great battle against the Amalekites in Rephidim kjv@Exodus:17:8-16). He became Moses' minister or servant, and accompanied him part of the way when he ascended Mount Sinai to receive the two tables kjv@Exodus:32:17). He was also one of the twelve who were sent on by Moses to explore the land of Canaan kjv@Numbers:13:16-17), and only he and Caleb gave an encouraging report. Under the direction of God, Moses, before his death, invested Joshua in a public and solemn manner with authority over the people as his successor kjv@Deuteronomy:31:23). The people were encamped at Shittim when he assumed the command kjv@Joshua:1:1); and crossing the Jordan, they encamped at Gilgal, where, having circumcised the people, he kept the Passover, and was visited by the Captain of the Lord's host, who spoke to him encouraging words (1:1-9). Now began the wars of conquest which Joshua carried on for many years, the record of which is in the book which bears his name. Six nations and thirty-one kings were conquered by him kjv@Joshua:11:18-23 kjv@Joshua:12:24). Having thus subdued the Canaanites, Joshua divided the land among the tribes, Timnath-serah in Mount Ephraim being assigned to himself as his own inheritance. (See SHILOH; PRIEST.) His work being done, he died, at the age of one hundred and ten years, twenty-five years after having crossed the Jordan. He was buried in his own city of Timnath-serah Joshua:24); and "the light of Israel for the time faded away." Joshua has been regarded as a type of Christ kjv@Hebrews:4:8) in the following particulars: (1) In the name common to both; (2) Joshua brings the people into the possession of the Promised Land, as Jesus brings his people to the heavenly Canaan; and (3) as Joshua succeeded Moses, so the Gospel succeeds the Law. The character of Joshua is thus well sketched by Edersheim:, "Born a slave in Egypt, he must have been about forty years old at the time of the Exodus. Attached to the person of Moses, he led Israel in the first decisive battle against Amalek kjv@Exodus:17:9 kjv@Exodus:17:13), while Moses in the prayer of faith held up to heaven the God-given 'rod.' It was no doubt on that occasion that his name was changed from Oshea, 'help,' to Jehoshua, 'Jehovah is help' kjv@Numbers:13:16). And this name is the key to his life and work. Alike in bringing the people into Canaan, in his wars, and in the distribution of the land among the tribes, from the miraculous crossing of Jordan and taking of Jericho to his last address, he was the embodiment of his new name, 'Jehovah is help.' To this outward calling his character also corresponded. It is marked by singleness of purpose, directness, and decision...He sets an object before him, and unswervingly follows it" (Bible Hist., 3:103)

Joshua, The Book of @ contains a history of the Israelites from the death of Moses to that of Joshua. It consists of three parts: (1.) The history of the conquest of the land (1-12). (2.) The allotment of the land to the different tribes, with the appointment of cities of refuge, the provision for the Levites (13-22), and the dismissal of the eastern tribes to their homes. This section has been compared to the Domesday Book of the Norman conquest. (3.) The farewell addresses of Joshua, with an account of his death (23, 24). This book stands first in the second of the three sections, (1) the Law, (2) the Prophets, (3) the "other writings" = Hagiographa, into which the Jewish Church divided the Old Testament. There is every reason for concluding that the uniform tradition of the Jews is correct when they assign the authorship of the book to Joshua, all except the concluding section; the last verses (24:29-33) were added by some other hand. There are two difficulties connected with this book which have given rise to much discussion, (1.) The miracle of the standing still of the sun and moon on Gibeon. The record of it occurs in Joshua's impassioned prayer of faith, as quoted kjv@Joshua:10:12-15) from the "Book of Jasher" (q.v.). There are many explanations given of these words. They need, however, present no difficulty if we believe in the possibility of God's miraculous interposition in behalf of his people. Whether it was caused by the refraction of the light, or how, we know not. (2.) Another difficulty arises out of the command given by God utterly to exterminate the Canaanites. "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" It is enough that Joshua clearly knew that this was the will of God, who employs his terrible agencies, famine, pestilence, and war, in the righteous government of this world. The Canaanites had sunk into a state of immorality and corruption so foul and degrading that they had to be rooted out of the land with the edge of the sword. "The Israelites' sword, in its bloodiest executions, wrought a work of mercy for all the countries of the earth to the very end of the world." This book resembles the Acts of the Apostles in the number and variety of historical incidents it records, and in its many references to persons and places; and as in the latter case the epistles of Paul (see Paley's Horae Paul.) confirm its historical accuracy by their incidental allusions and "undesigned coincidences," so in the former modern discoveries confirm its historicity. The Amarna tablets (see ADONIZEDEC) are among the most remarkable discoveries of the age. Dating from about B.C. 1480 down to the time of Joshua, and consisting of official communications from Amorite, Phoenician, and Philistine chiefs to the king of Egypt, they afford a glimpse into the actual condition of Palestine prior to the Hebrew invasion, and illustrate and confirm the history of the conquest. A letter, also still extant, from a military officer, "master of the captains of Egypt," dating from near the end of the reign of Rameses II., gives a curious account of a journey, probably official, which he undertook through Palestine as far north as to Aleppo, and an insight into the social condition of the country at that time. Among the things brought to light by this letter and the Amarna tablets is the state of confusion and decay that had now fallen on Egypt. The Egyptian garrisons that had held possession of Palestine from the time of Thothmes III., some two hundred years before, had now been withdrawn. The way was thus opened for the Hebrews. In the history of the conquest there is no mention of Joshua having encountered any Egyptian force. The tablets contain many appeals to the king of Egypt for help against the inroads of the Hebrews, but no help seems ever to have been sent. Is not this just such a state of things as might have been anticipated as the result of the disaster of the Exodus? In many points, as shown under various articles, the progress of the conquest is remarkably illustrated by the tablets. The value of modern discoveries in their relation to Old Testament history has been thus well described: "The difficulty of establishing the charge of lack of historical credibility, as against the testimony of the Old Testament, has of late years greatly increased. The outcome of recent excavations and explorations is altogether against it. As long as these books contained, in the main, the only known accounts of the events they mention, there was some plausibility in the theory that perhaps these accounts were written rather to teach moral lessons than to preserve an exact knowledge of events. It was easy to say in those times men had not the historic sense. But the recent discoveries touch the events recorded in the Bible at very many different points in many different generations, mentioning the same persons, countries, peoples, events that are mentioned in the Bible, and showing beyond question that these were strictly historic. The point is not that the discoveries confirm the correctness of the Biblical statements, though that is commonly the case, but that the discoveries show that the peoples of those ages had the historic sense, and, specifically, that the Biblical narratives they touch are narratives of actual occurrences."

kjv@Numbers:27:12-23 @ Joshua to Succeed Moses
kjv@Deuteronomy:31:1-8 @ Joshua to Succeed Moses
kjv@Joshua:1 @ The LORD Commands Joshua
kjv@Joshua:2 @ Rahab and the Spies
kjv@Joshua:3-4 @ Crossing the Jordan
kjv@Joshua:5:1-12 @ Circumcision at Gilgal
kjv@Joshua:5:13-6:27 @ The Fall of Jericho
kjv@Joshua:7 @ Achan's Sin
kjv@Joshua:8:1-29 @ Ai Destroyed
kjv@Joshua:8:30-35 @ The Covenant Renewed at Mount Ebal
kjv@Joshua:9 @ The Gibeonite Deception
kjv@Joshua:10:1-15 @ The Sun Stands Still
kjv@Joshua:10:16-28 @ Five Amorite Kings Killed
kjv@Joshua:10:29-43 @ Southern Cities Conquered
kjv@Joshua:11 @ Northern Kings Defeated
kjv@Joshua:12 @ List of Defeated Kings
kjv@Joshua:13:1-7 @ Land Still to Be Taken
kjv@Joshua:13:8-33 @ Division of the Land East of the Jordan
kjv@Joshua:14:1-5 @ Division of the Land West of the Jordan
kjv@Joshua:14:6-15 @ Hebron Given to Caleb
kjv@Joshua:15 @ Allotment for Judah
kjv@Joshua:16-17 @ Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh
kjv@Joshua:18:1-10 @ Division of the Rest of the Land
kjv@Joshua:18:11-28 @ Allotment for Benjamin
kjv@Joshua:19:1-9 @ Allotment for Simeon
kjv@Joshua:19:10-16 @ Allotment for Allotment for Zebulun
kjv@Joshua:19:17-23 @ Allotment for Issachar
kjv@Joshua:19:24-31 @ Allotment for Asher
kjv@Joshua:19:32-39 @ Allotment for Naphtali
kjv@Joshua:19:40-48 @ Allotment for Daniel:
kjv@Joshua:19:49-51 @ Allotment for Joshua
kjv@Joshua:20 @ Cities of Refuge
kjv@Joshua:21 @ Towns for the Levites
kjv@Joshua:22 @ Eastern Tribes Return Home
kjv@Joshua:23 @ Joshua's Farewell to the Leaders
kjv@Joshua:24:1-27 @ The Covenant Renewed at Shechem
kjv@Joshua:24:28-33 @ Buried in the Promised Land
kjv@Zechariah:6:9-15 @ A Crown for Joshua

kjv@Joshua Chapters=24 Verses=704 Words=20327 Chars=109203; 225 LORD 191 CHILDREN 168 JOSHUA 156 ISRAEL 91 CITIES 87 LAND 84 KING 73 GOD 69 JORDAN 58 SUBURBS 58 INHERITANCE 58 DAY 57 MOSES 44 SON 42 WILL 41 MANASSEH 36 HAND 33 SEA 33 AI 30 MAN
kjv@Joshua:1 Verses=18 Words=573 Chars=3082; 10 MOSES 9 LORD 8 LAND 6 WILL 5 SERVANT 5 GOD 4 JOSHUA 4 JORDAN 4 GOOD 3 COURAGE 2 RIVER 2 REST 2 LAW 2 GREAT 2 DEATH 1 WORDS 1 WORD 1 WILDERNESS 1 WAY 1 THREE
kjv@Joshua:2 Verses=24 Words=768 Chars=3940; 7 HOUSE 6 WILL 6 LORD 6 LAND 3 WINDOW 3 WAY 3 ROOF 3 MOUNTAIN 3 JOSHUA 3 JERICHO 3 COUNTRY 2 THREE 2 SON 2 SCARLET 2 RAHAB 2 OATH 2 MOTHER 2 KING 2 KINDNESS 2 JORDAN
kjv@Joshua:3 Verses=17 Words=566 Chars=2957; 11 JORDAN 10 ARK 8 LORD 7 COVENANT 6 JOSHUA 4 WILL 4 ISRAEL 3 GOD 2 WAY 2 WATER 2 SEA 2 ROSE 2 GROUND 2 FEET 2 EARTH 2 CHILDREN 2 BEAR 1 ZARETAN 1 WORDS 1 TIME
kjv@Joshua:4 Verses=24 Words=707 Chars=3726; 17 JORDAN 14 LORD 12 JOSHUA 12 CHILDREN 9 ISRAEL 7 STONES 7 ARK 4 GOD 3 MOSES 3 MAN 3 FEET 3 DAY 3 COVENANT 2 TIME 2 LAND 2 JERICHO 2 GILGAL 2 CLEAN 1 WAR 1 TESTIMONY
kjv@Joshua:5 Verses=15 Words=550 Chars=2891; 10 JOSHUA 8 LORD 8 CHILDREN 7 ISRAEL 5 LAND 5 EGYPT 4 DAY 3 WILDERNESS 3 WAY 3 CORN 2 WAR 2 TIME 2 PASSOVER 2 OLD 2 MANNA 2 JORDAN 2 JERICHO 2 GILGAL 2 CAPTAIN 1 YEAR
kjv@Joshua:6 Verses=27 Words=904 Chars=4763; 16 LORD 12 TRUMPETS 11 SEVEN 11 JOSHUA 10 ARK 7 DAY 5 CAMP 4 MAN 4 JERICHO 4 ISRAEL 4 ACCURSED 3 RAHAB 3 HOUSE 2 YOUNG 2 TRUMPET 2 TIME 2 STRAIGHT 2 SON 2 SILVER 2 ROSE
kjv@Joshua:7 Verses=26 Words=927 Chars=4902; 15 LORD 15 ISRAEL 12 JOSHUA 8 SON 8 ACCURSED 6 MAN 5 TENT 5 GOD 5 AI 5 ACHAN 4 SILVER 4 JUDAH 4 FAMILY 4 CHILDREN 3 ZERAH 3 ZABDI 3 STONES 3 NAME 3 EARTH 3 DAY
kjv@Joshua:8 Verses=35 Words=1221 Chars=6235; 23 AI 19 JOSHUA 15 ISRAEL 10 LORD 7 WILL 7 HAND 7 AMBUSH 6 KING 5 MOSES 4 LAW 3 WILDERNESS 3 WAY 3 WAR 3 STONES 3 SPEAR 3 SAW 3 NIGHT 3 DAY 3 [BETH-EL] 2 WORD
kjv@Joshua:9 Verses=27 Words=800 Chars=4204; 9 JOSHUA 8 ISRAEL 6 LORD 6 CONGREGATION 5 OLD 5 LEAGUE 5 GOD 4 DAY 3 WATER 3 COUNTRY 3 CHILDREN 2 WINE 2 WILL 2 LAND 2 KING 2 JORDAN 2 HAND 2 GIBEON 2 CITIES 2 BREAD
kjv@Joshua:10 Verses=43 Words=1393 Chars=7368; 29 KING 29 JOSHUA 23 ISRAEL 13 LORD 8 LACHISH 8 GIBEON 8 DAY 7 SWORD 7 MAKKEDAH 7 CAVE 6 GREAT 6 EGLON 5 LIBNAH 5 HEBRON 5 HAND 5 GILGAL 5 CITIES 5 CHILDREN 4 SUN 4 JERUSALEM
kjv@Joshua:11 Verses=23 Words=717 Chars=3866; 14 JOSHUA 11 ISRAEL 9 LORD 6 MOSES 6 LAND 5 KING 5 HAZOR 4 TIME 4 SWORD 4 CITIES 3 WAR 3 FIRE 3 CHILDREN 2 SERVANT 2 MEROM 2 HERMON 2 BURNT 2 BATTLE 1 ZIDON 1 WILL
kjv@Joshua:12 Verses=24 Words=486 Chars=2592; 34 KING 4 RIVER 4 ISRAEL 4 CHILDREN 3 SEA 3 EAST 2 SIHON 2 SERVANT 2 MOSES 2 LORD 2 LAND 2 JOSHUA 2 JORDAN 2 HESHBON 2 HERMON 2 GILEAD 2 DOR 2 COUNTRY 2 [BETH-EL] 2 BASHAN
kjv@Joshua:13 Verses=33 Words=825 Chars=4725; 13 INHERITANCE 13 CHILDREN 9 MOSES 8 CITIES 6 LAND 6 BASHAN 5 KINGDOM 5 JORDAN 5 ISRAEL 5 HESHBON 4 SIHON 4 RIVER 4 MANASSEH 4 LORD 4 KING 3 REUBEN 3 OG 3 GILEAD 3 GAD 3 AROER
kjv@Joshua:14 Verses=15 Words=485 Chars=2591; 12 LORD 8 MOSES 7 INHERITANCE 7 DAY 6 LAND 6 CHILDREN 5 ISRAEL 4 SON 4 GOD 3 JOSHUA 3 JEPHUNNEH 3 HEBRON 3 CALEB 2 WORD 2 WAR 2 STRENGTH 2 OLD 2 MAN 2 LEVITES 2 HEART
kjv@Joshua:15 Verses=63 Words=1032 Chars=5906; 12 CITIES 8 SEA 8 CHILDREN 7 JUDAH 5 CALEB 4 SON 4 DEBIR 4 BAAL 3 SALT 3 RIVER 3 JERUSALEM 3 HAZOR 3 EKRON 3 ANAK 2 ZIPH 2 ZIN 2 ZANOAH 2 WILDERNESS 2 WIFE 2 WATER
kjv@Joshua:16 Verses=10 Words=253 Chars=1436; 6 CHILDREN 4 JERICHO 4 INHERITANCE 4 EPHRAIM 3 SEA 3 EAST 2 MANASSEH 2 JOSEPH 2 JORDAN 2 JANOHAH 2 GEZER 2 CITIES 2 CANAANITES 2 [BETH-EL] 2 ATAROTH 1 WILDERNESS 1 WATER 1 TRIBUTE 1 TAPPUAH 1 RIVER
kjv@Joshua:17 Verses=18 Words=660 Chars=3610; 15 MANASSEH 13 CHILDREN 6 SON 6 LAND 5 JOSEPH 5 GILEAD 4 LOT 4 JOSHUA 4 GREAT 4 EPHRAIM 4 CANAANITES 3 RIVER 3 LORD 3 INHERITANCE 3 CITIES 3 ASHER 2 TAPPUAH 2 SHECHEM 2 SEA 2 REST
kjv@Joshua:18 Verses=28 Words=770 Chars=4287; 11 CHILDREN 8 LAND 6 LORD 6 INHERITANCE 5 JOSHUA 4 SHILOH 4 SEVEN 4 JORDAN 4 ISRAEL 4 CITIES 4 BENJAMIN 3 JUDAH 2 SON 2 SEA 2 REUBEN 2 LOT 2 JOSEPH 2 JERICHO 2 HINNOM 2 GOD
kjv@Joshua:19 Verses=51 Words=944 Chars=5612; 22 CHILDREN 17 INHERITANCE 13 CITIES 7 LOT 6 DAN 5 SIMEON 4 ZEBULUN 4 JUDAH 3 NAPHTALI 3 JORDAN 3 ISSACHAR 3 ASHER 2 SON 2 SEA 2 SARID 2 REHOB 2 RAMAH 2 LORD 2 LESHEM 2 JOSHUA
kjv@Joshua:20 Verses=9 Words=308 Chars=1684; 3 HAND 3 CITIES 3 BLOOD 3 AVENGER 2 REFUGE 2 ISRAEL 2 CONGREGATION 2 CHILDREN 1 WILDERNESS 1 SHECHEM 1 REUBEN 1 RAMOTH 1 PRIEST 1 NAPHTALI 1 MOUNTAIN 1 MOSES 1 MANASSEH 1 LORD 1 KEDESH 1 JUDGMENT
kjv@Joshua:21 Verses=45 Words=1026 Chars=5643; 57 SUBURBS 32 CITIES 20 CHILDREN 9 LEVITES 8 LOT 7 LORD 6 ISRAEL 5 REFUGE 4 MANASSEH 4 KOHATH 3 REST 3 PRIEST 3 MERARI 3 JUDAH 3 HAND 3 EPHRAIM 2 ZEBULUN 2 TEN 2 SON 2 SIMEON
kjv@Joshua:22 Verses=34 Words=1321 Chars=7036; 41 CHILDREN 35 LORD 19 ISRAEL 12 REUBEN 12 LAND 12 GOD 12 GAD 12 ALTAR 10 MANASSEH 9 DAY 6 OFFERINGS 6 JORDAN 6 CONGREGATION 5 MOSES 5 BURNT 4 SON 4 PRIEST 4 PHINEHAS 4 JOSHUA 4 GILEAD
kjv@Joshua:23 Verses=16 Words=574 Chars=2947; 17 LORD 13 GOD 6 GOOD 4 LAND 3 DAY 2 OLD 2 MAN 2 JOSHUA 2 ISRAEL 2 GREAT 2 GODS 1 WISE 1 WILL 1 WAY 1 TIME 1 SEA 1 REST 1 NAME 1 MOSES 1 LOVE
kjv@Joshua:24 Verses=33 Words=1044 Chars=5446; 21 LORD 13 JOSHUA 11 GOD 8 WILL 8 ISRAEL 7 LAND 7 GODS 7 EGYPT 5 SON 5 AMORITES 4 SHECHEM 4 FLOOD 4 FATHER 3 SEA 3 JACOB 3 INHERITANCE 3 HAND 3 CHILDREN 2 WORDS 2 WITNESS

kjv@Joshua:1:8 bible stewardship
kjv@Joshua:22:5 serving god
kjv@Joshua:24:15 serving god
kjv@Joshua:7:11-26 dishonesty cheating instances of
kjv@Joshua:7:1 anger of god
kjv@Joshua:7:26 anger of god
kjv@Joshua:23:16 anger of god
kjv@Joshua:23:14 faithfulness
kjv@Joshua:1:8 will of god
kjv@Joshua:5:15 angels appearances of
kjv@Joshua:1:8 bible guide
kjv@Joshua:6:17 accursed
kjv@Joshua:7:1 accursed
kjv@Joshua:24:15 marital problems
kjv@Joshua:5:14 angels celestial spirits
kjv@Joshua:24:15 family
kjv@Joshua:1:8 business
kjv@Joshua:1:8 financial trouble

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