Joshua 10:28-43 and 11:1-23

Joshua

Ep. 1 (10:29-11:11) -

Joshua now moves to secure southern Canaan. The Israelites conquer seven more cities in Josh 10:28–39 (Makkedah, Libnah, Lachish, Gezer, Eglon, Hebron, and Debir). Then four more cities (Geder, Hormah, Arad, and Adullam) as having been conquered. These sites are under the cherem (see v. 1), though the text hints that the Israelites did not always accomplish or carry out the cherem fully

*Deut 9:4-5 “Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you. 5 Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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Victory Over the Southern Coalition (10:29-42)

Victory Over the Northern Coalition (11:1-11)

Ep. 2 (11:12-12:24)

Summary of the Whole Conquest (11:12-23)

Kings Defeated East of the Jordan (12:1-6)

Kings Defeated West of the Jordan (12:7-24)