The Setting of Judges
c. 1375/1210 b.c. The incomplete conquest of the Promised Land set the stage for the book of Judges, which recounts the exploits of various leaders raised… Read More »The Setting of Judges
c. 1375/1210 b.c. The incomplete conquest of the Promised Land set the stage for the book of Judges, which recounts the exploits of various leaders raised… Read More »The Setting of Judges
c. 1400 b.c. During the conquest of Canaan, Joshua allotted the land to the tribes of Israel. These boundaries, however, do not necessarily reflect the land… Read More »The Allotment of the Land
c. 1390 b.c. The Israelites captured many key cities throughout Canaan, although apparently some of them were later taken back by the Canaanites (e.g., Jerusalem). Under… Read More »Kings Defeated by the Israelites
c. 1400 b.c. After Joshua’s forces defeated several Amorite kings in the south, the king of Hazor assembled the northern Canaanite kings to battle the Israelites.… Read More »The Conquest of Canaan: The Northern Campaign
c. 1400 b.c. Upon hearing that the Gibeonites signed a peace treaty with the Israelites, five Amorite cities attacked Gibeon. Joshua’s forces came up from Gilgal… Read More »The Conquest of Canaan: The Southern Campaign
c. 1406/1220 b.c. Joshua fulfilled Moses’ command to renew the covenant at Shechem by placing copies of the covenant on Mount Ebal and directing the Israelite… Read More »The Covenant Is Renewed at Mount Ebal
c. 1406/1220 b.c. After crossing the Jordan River and entering Canaan, the Israelites set up camp at Gilgal. From there they continued to move westward, first… Read More »Israel Enters Canaan
c. 1406/1220 b.c. Joshua prepared to enter Canaan by sending two spies from Shittim to scout out the land and the city of Jericho. The spies… Read More »Preparing to Enter Canaan
c. 1406/1220 b.c. The book of Joshua recounts the Israelite conquest of the land of Canaan under the command of Joshua. The book opens at Shittim… Read More »The Setting of Joshua
c. 1406/1220 b.c. Looking ahead to the day when the Israelites would occupy Canaan, Moses commanded the people to renew the covenant after they entered the… Read More »Renewing the Covenant at Mount Ebal
c. 1406/1220 b.c. The book of Deuteronomy recounts Moses’ words to the Israelites as they waited on the plains of Moab to enter Canaan. Moses begins… Read More »The Setting of Deuteronomy
The original boundaries of the Promised Land as defined in Numbers 34 are somewhat different from the boundaries of the land that the Israelites eventually occupied. The… Read More »The Boundaries of the Promised Land