The Histories · Old Testament
Joshua
Joshua is book 6 of 66 and belongs to the Histories in the Old Testament. It has 24 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 81 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Joshua 1: Joshua prepares to lead across the Jordan
After Moses dies, the Lord tells Joshua to lead Israel across the Jordan into the promised land. The repeated call to courage is joined to God's… - Joshua 2: Rahab hides the spies and secures an oath
Joshua sends two unnamed spies from Shittim to inspect the land and Jericho. They lodge at Rahab's house, and the king sends for them. Rahab hides… - Joshua 3: The ark enters the Jordan before the people
Israel moves from Shittim to the Jordan and camps before crossing. After three days the officers tell the people to follow the ark while keeping… - Joshua 4: Twelve stones for children who will ask
At the Lord's command, Joshua appoints one man from each tribe to carry a stone from the Jordan to the night's lodging. The stones will prompt future… - Joshua 5: Circumcision, Passover and the commander near Jericho
News of the Jordan crossing leaves the kings west of the river afraid. The Lord commands circumcision, and Joshua carries it out for the males born… - Joshua 6: Jericho falls and Rahab's household is brought out
The Lord tells Joshua that Jericho is given into his hand and commands an unusual procession. Armed men, seven priests with horns, the ark and the… - Joshua 7: Defeat at Ai and Achan's concealed taking
The narrator reveals at once that Achan has taken devoted goods and that the Lord is angry with Israel. Unaware of the disclosed cause, Joshua sends… - Joshua 8: Ai is taken, then the law is read at Ebal
The Lord renews the command to take Ai, this time permitting Israel to keep its livestock and spoil. Joshua arranges an ambush west of the city and… - Joshua 9: Gibeon's deception and an oath Israel keeps
As neighbouring kings prepare to fight Israel, Gibeon's inhabitants choose a different response. They bring worn bags, patched footwear and dry bread… - Joshua 10: Gibeon is defended and the southern kings are defeated
Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem leads a coalition of five kings against Gibeon because it has made peace with Israel. Gibeon appeals to Joshua, who marches… - Joshua 11: The northern coalition and a summary of the campaigns
Jabin of Hazor gathers a northern coalition whose troops are compared to the seashore's sand in number, accompanied by many horses and chariots. They… - Joshua 12: The defeated kings east and west of the Jordan
The chapter gathers the preceding conquests into two lists divided by the Jordan. Eastward, it describes the territories of Sihon of Heshbon and Og… - Joshua 13: Land still to possess and the eastern inheritances
Joshua is old when the Lord tells him that much land remains to be possessed. The remaining regions include Philistine territory and northern lands… - Joshua 14: The western allotments and Caleb's request for Hebron
Eleazar, Joshua and the tribal family heads distribute the western inheritance by lot for nine tribes and half a tribe. The eastern grants made by… - Joshua 15: Judah's boundaries, Caleb's household and its cities
Judah's allotment is described by its southern, eastern, northern and western boundaries. The Salt Sea marks the east, the southern line runs toward… - Joshua 16: Ephraim's allotment and the Canaanites at Gezer
The allotment for Joseph's descendants is introduced through a boundary running from the Jordan near Jericho toward Bethel, Beth-horon, Gezer and the… - Joshua 17: Manasseh's portions and Joseph's request for more land
Manasseh's allotment begins with the family line of Machir and Gilead and the earlier eastern land, then turns to the remaining families… - Joshua 18: The survey at Shiloh and Benjamin's inheritance
The congregation assembles at Shiloh and sets up the tabernacle there. Seven tribes still lack their inheritance, and Joshua challenges their delay… - Joshua 19: The remaining tribal lots and Joshua's own inheritance
The remaining lots are assigned in order to Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Dan, with their boundaries, towns and villages. Simeon's… - Joshua 20: Six cities of refuge are appointed
The Lord directs Joshua to appoint the cities of refuge previously commanded through Moses. A person who kills unintentionally can flee there from… - Joshua 21: Levitical cities and the book's declaration of fulfilled promises
At Shiloh, the Levite family heads approach Eleazar, Joshua and the tribal leaders, citing the Lord's command through Moses for towns and surrounding… - Joshua 22: An altar by the Jordan nearly brings war
Joshua commends Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh for keeping their charge alongside the other tribes. He sends them back to their eastern holdings with… - Joshua 23: Joshua's warning to keep the covenant
After a long period of rest, the aged Joshua calls Israel and its leaders together. He credits the Lord with fighting for them and points to the… - Joshua 24: The covenant at Shechem and the book's closing burials
Joshua gathers Israel and its leaders at Shechem. Speaking the Lord's words, he recalls ancestors who served other gods, the Lord's leading of…
