Joshua captured towns everywhere in the land: In the central hill country and the foothills to the west, in the Southern Desert and the region that slopes down toward the Dead Sea. Whenever he captured a town, he would kill the king and everyone else, as the LORD God of Isreal had commanded. Joshua wiped out towns from Kadesh-Barnea to Gaza, everywhere in the region of Goshhen, and as far north as Gibeon. The LORD fought on Israel's side, so Joshua and the Israelite army were aable to capture these kings and take their land. They fought one battle after another, then they went back to their camp at Gilgal after capturing all that land.
The central theme of the Book of Joshua is the seizing of the Promised Land away from its inhabitants and the utter destroyal of all human life in these areas. This was in part judgment by God against these people and also God did not want the influence of these people to be upon his Chosen People. Recall it was only Joshua and Caleb who were determined to take the land with their own generation, but due to lack of faith of the first generation, the land is being taken by their children led by Joshua. Upon the conquest of the land, it will be distributed to the families and tribes of Israel.
Daily Prayer: Father, I need to remember that the battle is the Lord's. It is not likely that Joshua would have succeeded without depending on you. Therefore in my life, create in me a dependence on you in all situations of life. Amen.
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