Chapter eleven is essentially a replay of chapter ten, but in the north. Not learning from the utter destruction of the coalition of the southern kings, King Jabin of Hazor formed a coalition of kings from northern Canaan intent on defeating Israel (Joshua 11:1-5). No matter how many warriors Israel had, facing an army “as numerous […]
Chapter nine records what was probably Joshua’s weakest moment as Israel’s leader. Through Moses, God had made a distinction between cities that would be far away from Israel’s new land and those located within the land (Deuteronomy 20:10-18). If the city was far away, Israel was allowed to make a peace treaty with them, making
Chapter eight shows the result of Achan’s sin being discovered and punished. Rather than sending only 3,000 warriors (Joshua 7:4) to attack head-on, Joshua sent 30,000 warriors to set an ambush for Ai (Joshua 8:1-9). Joshua would take a contingent against Ai, then pretend as if he were retreating, like the previous time. Again the
