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Segub
[People]Segub was the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He died when his father set up the city's gates, and Scripture records his death as the fulfillment of the word spoken by Joshua (1 Kings 16:34).
Kiriath-arba
[Bible]Kiriath-arba is the ancient name of Hebron, a town in the hill country of Judah in southern Canaan. The Old Testament explains that the name came from Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.
Joshua 24:14-25
[Bible Verses]In this passage Joshua, at Shechem, urges the people of Israel to put away other gods and choose to serve the LORD alone, and then makes a covenant with them. Verse 15, "as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD," is widely quoted as a pledge of household faith.
Joshua
[Bible]Joshua is the sixth book of the Old Testament. It records how Joshua, the leader who succeeded Moses, led the people of Israel into the land of Canaan, conquered it, and divided it among the tribes.
Joshua (Son of Nun)
[People]Joshua was the Old Testament leader who succeeded Moses and led the people of Israel across the Jordan River into the land of Canaan. The son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim, he is the central figure of the Book of Joshua.
Joshua 14
[Bible]Joshua 14 opens the distribution of the land west of the Jordan. It sets out the principle by which Eleazar and Joshua divide the land by lot among the nine and a half tribes. It also records how Caleb, at eighty-five, claims the hill country promised to him and receives Hebron as his inheritance.
Joshua 2
[Bible]In this chapter Rahab, a harlot of Jericho, hides the two spies whom Joshua sent from Shittim. In return she receives their oath that her family will be spared when Israel attacks the land, with a scarlet cord serving as the sign.
Joshua 3
[Bible]Joshua 3 records the Israelites crossing the Jordan River behind the priests who bore the Ark of the Covenant. When the priests' feet were dipped in the water, the flowing river stopped, and the people crossed over on dry ground.
Joshua 1
[Bible]Joshua 1 is the chapter in which, after the death of Moses, God commands Joshua to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land and promises to be with him. Joshua prepares the people and the tribes east of the Jordan for the crossing, and they pledge their obedience.
Joshua 5
[Bible]Joshua 5 is the chapter in which Israel, having crossed the Jordan River, performs circumcision and keeps the Passover at Gilgal. The manna then ceases, and near Jericho Joshua meets the captain of the host of the LORD.
Joshua 15
[Bible]Joshua 15 records the boundaries of the land that the tribe of Judah received by lot and lists its towns region by region. The chapter also includes the account of Caleb taking Hebron and Othniel capturing Debir.
Joshua 13
[Bible]Joshua 13 is the chapter in which the LORD tells the aged Joshua that very much land remains to be possessed and commands him to divide the land. It then records the territory east of the Jordan that the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh received from Moses.
Joshua 17
[Bible]Joshua 17 records the land west of the Jordan allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It recounts how the daughters of Zelophehad received an inheritance, how the Canaanites were not fully driven out, and how Joshua answered the descendants of Joseph, who complained that their land was too small, by telling them to clear the forest.
Joshua 22
[Bible]Joshua 22 recounts how the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, whose inheritance lay east of the Jordan, return home after the wars of conquest. A great altar they build by the Jordan brings Israel to the brink of civil war, but the conflict ends when the misunderstanding is resolved through dialogue.
Shiloh
[Bible]Shiloh was a town in the central hill country of Israel. From the time of Joshua until the early days of Samuel, the tabernacle and the ark of the covenant remained there, making it the center of Israel's worship.
Gibeon
[Bible]Gibeon was a Canaanite city north of Jerusalem in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. There its inhabitants deceived Joshua into making a treaty, Solomon asked for wisdom in a dream, and the tabernacle and the bronze altar were once located.
Valley of Achor
[Bible]The Valley of Achor is a valley near Jericho where Achan was stoned to death in Joshua 7. Its name means "trouble," and the books of Hosea and Isaiah later mention it again as a place of restoration and hope.
Zorah
[Bible]Zorah was a town in the lowland of Judah that appears in the Book of Joshua in the territorial lists of both Judah and Dan. It was the hometown of Manoah, the father of Samson, and is a setting for both the Samson narrative and the account of the Danite migration.
Beth-horon
[Bible]Beth-horon was a town on the route descending from the hill country northwest of Jerusalem to the plain to the west. It consisted of two sites, Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, and is best known as the place where Joshua defeated the allied Canaanite forces.
Judges
[Bible]Judges is the seventh book of the Old Testament, a twenty-one-chapter historical book recounting the stories of the "judges" who led Israel from the death of Joshua until the establishment of the monarchy.