In | Workbook: Comparing the Northern and Southern Campaigns

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

	Joshua 10	Joshua 11
Enemy leader hears about Israelite success.	10:1	11:1
Enemy leader seeks allies.	10:3-4	11:1-3
Surrounding kings join forces and take up positions.	10:5	11:4-5
YHWH promises His divine intervention.	10:8	11:6
Joshua moves army into position and launches attack.	10:7, 9	11:7
YHWH intervenes so that Israelites defeat enemy forces.	10:10	11:8
Enemy is pursued until victory was complete.	10:10, 20	11:8-9
Summary of total destruction according to the command of YHWH	10:40-41	11:16-20
Conquest attributed to Joshua but accomplished by YHWH.	10:42	11:23

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.