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Azekah
[Bible]Azekah was a town in the western "lowland" (the low hill country, or Shephelah) of Judah. It appears in the accounts of Joshua's conquest, the story of David and Goliath, Rehoboam's fortification program, and the Babylonian invasion.
Jobab (King of Madon)
[People]Jobab was king of Madon, a city in northern Canaan. Summoned by Jabin king of Hazor, he joined the northern coalition and was defeated by the Israelites under Joshua at the waters of Merom (Joshua 11:1; 12:19).
Mount Seir
[Bible]Mount Seir is a mountainous region south of the Dead Sea. In the Old Testament it designates the land settled by Esau and his descendants, the Edomites. Also called "the land of Seir" or simply "Seir," it is often used as a synonym for Edom.
Joshua 24:15
[Bible Verses]Joshua 24:15 records the declaration Joshua made near the end of his life, when he called on Israel to choose that day whom they would serve and announced, "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." It is among the verses most widely used as a motto for household faith, and it is also cited in discussions of human choice and divine sovereignty.
Joshua 20
[Bible]Joshua 20 is the chapter in which, at the Lord's command, six cities of refuge are designated for those who have killed someone by accident. It also records the procedure for seeking refuge and how long the fugitive must remain there.
Joshua 24
[Bible]Joshua 24 is the final chapter of the Book of Joshua. At Shechem, Joshua reviews Israel's history, urges the people to serve the LORD alone, and makes a covenant with them. The chapter then records the deaths of Joshua and Eleazar and the burial of Joseph's bones.
Joshua 6
[Bible]Joshua 6 recounts how Israel marched around the city of Jericho for seven days, brought down its walls with trumpet blasts and a great shout, and took the city. Rahab the harlot and her family were spared, in keeping with the promise made by the spies.
Joshua 4
[Bible]Joshua 4 records how, after Israel crossed the Jordan River, twelve men, one chosen from each tribe, carried twelve stones from the middle of the river and set them up at Gilgal as a memorial.
Joshua 10
[Bible]Joshua 10 recounts Joshua's victory over the five Amorite kings who attacked Gibeon and the conquest of the cities of southern Canaan. It includes the account of the sun and moon standing still.
Joshua 16
[Bible]Joshua 16 records the boundaries of the land allotted by lot to the descendants of Joseph and, within that territory, the boundaries of the inheritance that the tribe of Ephraim received according to its families. The chapter closes by noting that the Canaanites of Gezer were not driven out.
Joshua 18
[Bible]In this chapter the congregation of Israel sets up the tabernacle of the congregation at Shiloh. Joshua then has the land surveyed for the seven tribes that have not yet received an inheritance and begins dividing it by lot. The first lot falls to the tribe of Benjamin, and the chapter records its boundaries and twenty-six cities.
Joshua 19
[Bible]Joshua 19 records how lots were cast at Shiloh to assign the inheritances of six tribes: Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan. The chapter concludes the division of the land with the gift of Timnath-serah to Joshua.
Joshua 23
[Bible]Joshua 23 records the farewell exhortation that the aged Joshua delivered after summoning the leaders of Israel. He recalls that the LORD fought for Israel and urges the people to keep the law and not to serve the gods of the nations that remained.
Joshua 21
[Bible]Joshua 21 records how the Levites received by lot forty-eight cities, together with their surrounding pasturelands, in which to dwell among the inheritances of the other tribes. The chapter closes by summarizing that God had fulfilled all His promises of land and rest.
Division of the Land of Canaan
[Bible]The division of the land of Canaan was the allotment of territory by lot to the twelve tribes, carried out by Joshua and Eleazar the priest after Israel entered Canaan. It is recorded chiefly in Joshua 13–21.
Gilgal
[Bible]Gilgal was the first place where Israel encamped after crossing the Jordan River, and it lay east of Jericho. It was the site of the memorial stones, the circumcision, and the Passover, and during the period of the judges and the early monarchy it served as a center of sacrifice and assembly.
Devoted Thing
[Bible]A "devoted thing" (Hebrew herem) is an object or person wholly dedicated to God, which therefore can no longer be put to private use or redeemed. The term is best known from the account of Achan in Joshua 7.
Ram's Horn Trumpet
[Bible]The ram's horn trumpet, known in Hebrew as the shofar, is a trumpet made from the horn of a ram. It is best known from the account of the fall of Jericho in Joshua 6, in which priests blew it before the Ark of the Covenant.
Piram
[People]Piram was the king of the Canaanite city of Jarmuth mentioned in Joshua 10. He joined the coalition of five Amorite kings led by Adonizedek, king of Jerusalem, was defeated by Joshua, and was executed at Makkedah.
Taanach
[Bible]Taanach was a Canaanite city on the southern edge of the Jezreel Valley, near Megiddo. In Joshua and Judges it appears as a city of the tribe of Manasseh and as a battlefield in the Song of Deborah.