Conquest and Judges

「Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,」

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.

「GOD then said to Joshua, “Hold out the javelin in your hand toward Ai, for I will deliver it into your hands.” So Joshua held out the javelin in his hand toward the city.」

How did Joshua's allotment of the twelve tribes foreshadow the later division of the kingdom?

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

「And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou sayest; for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a worthy woman.」

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

Tracing tribal tensions back to the book of Joshua.

「That night GOD said to him, “Come, attack the camp, for I have delivered it into your hands.」

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.

「the entire kingdom of Og, who had reigned over Bashan at Ashtaroth and at Edrei. (He was the last of the remaining Rephaim.) These were defeated and dispossessed by Moses;」

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

Tracing tribal tensions back to the book of Joshua.

「By this,” Joshua continued, “you shall know that a living God is among you, and that [God] will dispossess for you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites:」

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.

「So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.」

How did Joshua's allotment of the twelve tribes foreshadow the later division of the kingdom?

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

「On the seventh day, before the sunset, the townspeople said to him:“What is sweeter than honey,And what is stronger than a lion?”He responded:“Had you not plowed with my heifer,You would not have guessed my riddle!”」

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.

「When the news reached King Jabin of Hazor, he sent messages to King Jobab of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,」

「But if not, may fire issue from Abimelech and consume the citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire issue from the citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech!”」

「And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years.」

「Jephthah the Gileadite was an able warrior, who was the son of a certain prostitute. Jephthah’s father was Gilead;」

「Then he who is indicated for proscription, and all that is his, shall be put to the fire, because he broke the Covenant of GOD and because he committed an outrage in Israel.”」

「He presented the tribute to King Eglon of Moab. Now Eglon was a very stout man.」

「And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.」

「and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,」

「The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried unto me, and I saved you out of their hand.」

「And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.」

「they would attack them, destroy the produce of the land all the way to Gaza, and leave no means of sustenance in Israel, not a sheep or an ox or a donkey.」

「and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.」

「and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salcah, and all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, as also over part of Gilead [down to] the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.」

「May GOD grant that each of you find security in the house of a husband!” And she kissed them farewell. They broke into weeping」

「And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.」

「and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.」