El Reino Dividido

「If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.」

「And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,」

「The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.」

「This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.」

「And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.」

「At that time Joshua pronounced this oath: “Anyone who undertakes to fortify this city of Jericho is hereby under GOD’s curse: its foundations shall be laid at the cost of their first-born, and its gates set up at the cost of their youngest.”」

Capital of the northern Canaanite coalition and formerly the head of all those kingdoms; its destruction marks the collapse of Canaan's strongest alliance.

Were there already seeds of division among the tribes in Joshua's time?

From Joshua's farewell charge, look back at tensions within the tribal confederation.

Before the kingdom split, what seeds of division were already sown in the Joshua era?

Joshua's closing record of unconquered lands and intermingled peoples foreshadowed the coming split.

Before the kingdom split, what seeds of division were already sown in the Joshua era?

Joshua's closing record of unconquered lands and intermingled peoples foreshadowed the coming split.

¿Cómo prefiguró la distribución de las doce tribus hecha por Josué la posterior división del reino?

Tribal tensions in Joshua—geographic and identity fissures that foreshadowed future division.

Were there already seeds of north-south division in the Joshua period?

Tracing tribal tensions back to the book of Joshua.

¿Cómo prefiguró la distribución de las doce tribus hecha por Josué la posterior división del reino?

Tribal tensions in Joshua—geographic and identity fissures that foreshadowed future division.