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The conquest under Joshua

In the order Scripture gives them · Joshua 1:1–9 · Joshua 12:7–24

10 stops
1JordanJordan · stop 12GilgalGilgal · stop 23JerichoJericho · stop 34AiAi · stop 45ShechemShechem · stop 56GibeonGibeon · stop 67LachishLachish · stop 78HebronHebron · stop 89HazorHazor · stop 910ShilohShiloh · stop 10about 302 km across · drawn without map tilesThe conquest under Joshua
Coastlines, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth · 1:10m physical vectors — ne_10m_coastline, ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines, ne_10m_lakes · v5.2.0-pre · Public domain · places: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · the route is drawn stop to stop, not road by road

About this route

The campaigns of Joshua in the order the book tells them: across the Jordan to Gilgal, then Jericho and Ai in the centre, the southern coalition broken at Gibeon, the northern one at Hazor, and the land divided at Shiloh. Every stop here is a town whose site is known.

Written in-house from the passages named on each stop

The stops

1
JordanJoshua 3:14–17

When the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people,

2
GilgalJoshua 4:19–20

The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

3
JerichoJoshua 6:1–27

Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in.

4
AiJoshua 8:1–29

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed. Take all the warriors with you, and arise, go up to Ai. Behold, I have given into…

5
ShechemJoshua 8:30–35

Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,

6
GibeonJoshua 9:3–27 · Joshua 10:1–14

But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

7
LachishJoshua 10:31–32

Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.

8
HebronJoshua 10:36–37

Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it.

9
HazorJoshua 11:1–11

When Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,

10
ShilohJoshua 18:1–10

The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued…

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