Aug 26, 2018
Hundreds of years earlier—while Abraham was living in Canaan—God promised to give that land to his offspring (Gen. 15:7-21). Over time, Abraham’s offspring—the nation of Israel—became slaves in Egypt but God delivered them from Egypt and eventually established them in Canaan through Joshua (Ex. 6:1-8; Josh....
Aug 19, 2018
After Israel had split the land of Canaan in two by defeating cities in central Canaan, over the next few years they systematically went south and then north conquering most major kingdoms. While there were local or regional clans left for individual Israelite tribes to fight, Israel had finished warring as a nation...
Aug 12, 2018
In fear, the people of Gibeon deceived Joshua into making a peace treaty with them after the Israelites had defeated Jericho and Ai (Josh. 9:3-6). Hearing that Gibeon, which was a major city of Canaan with mighty fighting men in it, had made peace with Israel, the surrounding Canaanite kings unified to destroy it....
Aug 5, 2018
After the defeat of Jericho and Ai, various kings and tribal leaders from central Canaan that were enemies, banded together to fight Israel. Sometimes the good work of God will meet a united front of evil(Prov. 29:27; John 15:18). The people of Gibeon—who were next on the warpath after Ai—heard that Israel was to...