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Joshua

יְהוֹשׁוּעַ · ye.ho.shu.a · H3091H“a savior; a deliverer” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions, all in 1 Samuel

Who he was

Joshua is mentioned in 1 Samuel 6:14 and 1 Samuel 6:18 as a resident of Beth-shemesh, a town in Judah. The context of the passage is the return of the ark of the covenant to Israel after it had been captured by the Philistines (1Samuel 4-6). The Philistines, afflicted by plagues because of the ark's presence, sent it back to Israel on a cart pulled by two cows (1 Samuel 6:7–12).

The cart carrying the ark came to the field of Joshua in Beth-shemesh, where the people were reaping their wheat harvest (1 Samuel 6:13). The cows pulling the cart stopped beside a large rock in Joshua's field (1 Samuel 6:14). The people of Beth-shemesh then split up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord (1 Samuel 6:14).

The large rock in Joshua's field, where the ark was placed, is mentioned again in 1 Samuel 6:18 as a marker or boundary stone.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

1 Samuel 2 mentions

1 Samuel 6:14The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there, where there was a great stone. Then they split the wood of the cart and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to…1 Samuel 6:18and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone on…

What the dictionary says

Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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