March 19, 2025
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Reading along with us in Joshua and Timothy? Here’s today’s reading:
Joshua 12 (NIV)
List of Defeated Kings
1 These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took over east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern side of the Arabah:
2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.
He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge—from the middle of the gorge—to the Jabbok River, which is the border of the Ammonites.……Continue Reading
31 kings and cities conquered Hittite’s. Amorites. Canaanite’s. Perizzites. Hivites. Jebusites. . Impressive to say the least. Joshua. Great military leader. Strong spiritual influence. But the key to his success. When God spoke he listened and obeyed.!!!!! And Israel remained faithful through his lifetime. Not complicated. There’s the key to success and peace and joy
Chapters like these, while really just lists, are important for reasons of record keeping and to see the great accomplishment of God’s work to give this land to His people. Chapters like these also help when people try to disprove the Bible. They are a historical record of occurrences that we can trace back. So as a reader these many years later these chapters, while not that exciting to read, are very significant.
Joshua 11 & 12
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How important these lists would be for future generations to see what God had done in granting HIs people these victories and even remembering the miraculous way that He did it. It is also important for those who question the Bible throughout history to see a historical record of actual peoples and civilizations and names of kings. The Bible is not shy to root it’s revelation of God in the context of human history.