Day 82-11

VI From the crossing into Canaan to the reign of Saul - 1422-1065 B.C. ~ cont.

A. The conquest of Canaan ~ cont.

3. Invasion and conquest ~ cont.

b. Southern campaign

(1) Gibeons long day - Joshua 10:1-27

(2) Other victories - Joshua 10:28-43

c. Northern campaign - Joshua 11:1-14

d. Result of conquests: REST  - Joshua 11:15-23

e. Victories reviewed - Joshua 12:7-24

f. More land available - Joshua 13:1-6

{pages 358-362}

A few verses caught my attention while reading, sharing.

That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.  (Joshua 10:2)

Watching a 'great' city capitulate to the 'enemy' must have been an extreme moral busting phenomenon.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.  (Joshua 10:8)

I had this one marked because of the fear not.  :-D

And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.  (Joshua 10:11)

I liked this one because the LORD fought against them and smote more with the hailstones than those who were slain by the sword of a man.  I need to remember that the Lord can fight the battle or give me the ability to stand through it.  The victory is always HIS.

Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.  And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.  And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.   (Joshua 10:12-14)

A whole day.

And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.  (Joshua 10:25)

All your enemies...all.  H3605 - From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).

31 kings defeated:

~ Jericho ~ fragrant
~ Ai ~ mass or heap
~ Jerusalem ~ founded peaceful
~ Hebron ~ society/friendship
~ Jarmuth ~ elevation
~ Lachish ~ who walks or exists of himself
~ Eglon ~ vituline (of or pertaining to a calf) - frisking
~ Gezer ~ dividing, sentence
~ Debir ~ an orator, a word
~ Geder ~ a wall
~ Hormah ~ devoted
~ Arad ~ sequester, fugitive
~ Libnah ~ white, whiteness
~ Adullam ~ their testimony, their prey, their ornament
~ Makkedah ~ herding
~ Bethel ~ house of God
~ Tappuah ~ apple (from its fragrance)
~ Hepher ~ pit or shame
~ Aphek ~ (in the sense of strength) fortress
~ Lasharon ~ plain
~ Madon ~ extensiveness
~ Hazor ~ village
~ Shimronmeron ~ guard of lashing
~ Achshaph ~ fascination
~ Taanach ~ who humbles thee
~ Megiddo ~ rendezvous
~ Kedesh ~ sanctum
~ Jokneam ~ people will be lamented
~ Dor ~ dwelling
~ Gilgal ~ wheel
~ Tirzah ~ delightsomeness