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Joshua: Conquest

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of Joshua (Joshua 1-5)
    23 Activities
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    3 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    The Central Campaign (Joshua 6–10:28)
    16 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Southern and Northern Campaigns (Joshua 10:29–12:24)
    23 Activities
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    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
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    1 Assessment

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Megiddo is a site of great importance in the region. It was occupied for many centuries, from the Neolithic until the Greco-Roman Period. It was a strategic center for the Egyptian and Neo-Assyrian Empires and was one of the cities Solomon rebuilt (1 Kings 9).

Megiddo’s location along the Via Maris in the Jezreel Valley made it very strategic.

A model of Iron Age Megiddo shows the fortification system Solomon built here, along with Jerusalem, Hazor and Gezer. The reference to these walls is 1 Kings 9:15.

Megiddo’s underground water system helped ensure the site’s strategic value and continual inhabitance for millennia.

The Iron Age ruins of Megiddo’s northern palace reflect the bit-hilani architectural pattern which incorporates a large central hall surrounded by small rooms.

Shema’s Seal found at Megiddo reads “a servant of Jeroboam II,” the Israelite king who ruled Israel at its geopolitical apex.

This Early Bronze Age round altar signifies that Megiddo was the center of robust cultic activity more than 2,000 years earlier.