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Joshua: Conquest

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of Joshua (Joshua 1-5)
    23 Activities
    |
    3 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    The Central Campaign (Joshua 6–10:28)
    16 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Southern and Northern Campaigns (Joshua 10:29–12:24)
    23 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Allotments (Joshua 13–21)
    19 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Covenant Renewal (Joshua 22–24)
    14 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
    |
    1 Assessment

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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

Notice the similarities in the descriptions of the southern and northern campaigns in the following chart. 

Joshua 10Joshua 11
Enemy leader hears about Israelite success.10:111:1
Enemy leader seeks allies.10:3-411:1-3
Surrounding kings join forces and take up positions.10:511:4-5
YHWH promises His divine intervention.10:811:6
Joshua moves army into position and launches attack.10:7, 911:7
YHWH intervenes so that Israelites defeat enemy forces.10:1011:8
Enemy is pursued until victory was complete.10:10, 2011:8-9
Summary of total destruction according to the command of YHWH10:40-4111:16-20
Conquest attributed to Joshua but accomplished by YHWH.10:4211:23

Source: https://biblicalhistoricalcontext.com/conquest-of-canaan/joshua-10-and-11-genre-and-the-common-narrative-structure/#more-845; Accessed August 24, 2020.

Compare and contrast the descriptions of the southern (ch. 10) and northern (ch. 11) campaign accounts.

  1. What strikes you most about the similarities?