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Tour · c. 1406 BC
The conquest of Canaan
Jericho Josh 6:1–21
The people shout, the trumpets sound, and the wall of Jericho falls down.
Open on the map →Ai Josh 8:1–29 · ≈ 18 km in a straight line
Ai is taken by ambush and burnt, and left a heap of ruins for ever.
Open on the map →Mount Ebal Josh 8:30–35 · ≈ 35 km in a straight line
On Mount Ebal Joshua builds an altar and writes a copy of the law of Moses on the stones.
Open on the map →Gibeon Josh 9:3–27 · ≈ 44 km in a straight line
The men of Gibeon, pretending to come from far away, obtain a treaty.
Open on the map →Beth-horon Josh 10:10–11 · ≈ 11 km in a straight line
As the Amorites flee down the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord casts great hailstones on them.
Open on the map →Valley of Aijalon Josh 10:12–14 · ≈ 12 km in a straight line
"Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon."
Open on the map →Makkedah Josh 10:16–27 · ≈ 37 km in a straight line
The five kings hide in the cave at Makkedah and are brought out.
Open on the map →Lachish Josh 10:31–32 · ≈ 12 km in a straight line
Lachish is taken on the second day.
Open on the map →Hazor Josh 11:10–11 · ≈ 175 km in a straight line
Hazor, once the head of all those kingdoms, is taken and burnt with fire.
Open on the map →Shiloh Josh 18:1 · ≈ 110 km in a straight line
The whole congregation gathers at Shiloh and sets up the tabernacle there.
Open on the map →Shechem Josh 24:1–28 · ≈ 18 km in a straight line
At Shechem Joshua renews the covenant: "choose you this day whom ye will serve."
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