JoshuaWeek Date Topic

1 07 Sep 11 Introduction to the Book of Joshua

2 14 Sep 11 Chapter 1:1-2:24 - Into the Promised Land Part I

3 21 Sep 11 Chapter 3:1-5:12 – Into the Promised Land Part II

4 28 Sep 11 Chapter 5:13 – 8:35 - Possession of the Land Part I

5 05 Oct 11 Chapter 9:1-10:43 - Possession of the Land Part II

6 12 Oct 11 Chapter 11:1-12:24 – Possession of the Land Part III

7 19 Oct 11 Chapter 13:1-14:15 – Division of the Land Part I

8 26 Oct 11 Chapter 15:1-17:18 – Division of the Land Part II

9 02 Nov 11 Chapter 18:1-19:51 – Division of the Land Part III

10 09 Nov 11 Chapter 20:1-21:45 – Special Cities

11 16 Nov 11 Chapter 22:1-24:28 – Joshua’s Last Acts

12 23 Nov 11 Thanksgiving

13 30 Nov 11 Review and the road ahead for Israel

Objectives for Today’s Lesson• Review key points from last week’s lesson• Study the Book of Joshua Chapters 11:1-12:24• Learn about the formation of the northern

alliance of kings against Israel• See how Israel defeats the alliance at Merom

and destory the city of Hazor• Review the summary of kings that Israel

defeated after crossing the Jordan

Last Week’s Class• Studied the Book of Joshua 9:1-10:43• Learned about the kings who fear Israel and then

form a coalition to battle against Joshua and the Israelites

• Learned that the Gibeonites deceive Joshua into a peace treaty; even after Joshua discovers the lie, he still keeps the treaty

• Reviewed the lands and kings conquered as Joshua led the Israelites across the southern part of the Promised Land

TimelineEvent Year Hebrew Day Month

Departure from Egypt 1446 Nisan 15 April

Quail and Manna provided 1446 Iyyar 15 May

Ten Commandments in the Sinai 1446 Sivan ? Jun

Tabernacle Built 1445 Iyyar 1 April

Depart from Sinai 1445 Iyyar 20 May

At Kadesh-Barnea – second time 1406 Nisan 1 March

At Mt. Hor – Aaron Dies 1406 Ab 1 Jul

Moses Death 1406 Shebat 1 Jan

Cross Jordan 1405 Nisan 10 Apr

Conquest complete 1399 Nisan 14 Apr

Hebrew Calendar

Northern Alliance (11:1-3)

• Leading city in northern Canaan

• 175 acres

• 30,000-40,000 people

• Head of the alliance of northern cities

• Jabin asks alliance kings to help fight Israel

Battle at Merom (11:4-9)• Canaanite army was

as many as 330,000 strong

• Near Lake Huleh

• Israel was to burn the chariots and hamstring the horses

• Israel totally destroys the alliance

Destruction of Hazor (11:10-15)

• Archaeological evidence supports the biblical timeline

• Hazor destroyed

• As God through Moses had commanded

• Not one person was spared

“cities that stood on their mounds”Joshua 11:13

Hazor

Hazor

Conquest of the Land (11:16-23)• Negev• Goshen• Arabah• Mount Halak to Seir• Gad• Hebron• Debir• Anab• Only those in Gibeon,

Gaza, Gath, Ashdod survive

Exodus 23:27-33

• Sihon and Og were the first kings Israel defeated before crossing the Jordan (12:1-6)

– Created fear among the Canaanite tribes

• Defeat of the western kings (12:7-24)

– 31 kings are identified in order of defeat

– Many of the names appear in the Amarna tablets, confirming the authenticity of their existence

• With the defeat of the Canaanite kings, Joshua could now subdivide the land

Destroyed Kings (12:1-24)

• Diplomatic correspondence

• On clay tablets

• Between Egypt and representatives in Canaan and Amurru

• Written in Akkadian

• Mesopotamia writing system

• Found in early 1900s

Amarna Tablets

Geo-Political Map of Egypt

Review

• Studied the Book of Joshua 11:1-12:24• Learned about the formation of the northern

alliance against Israel• Israel defeated the alliance at Merom and

destoryed the city of Hazor• Reviewed the summary of kings that Israel

defeated after crossing the Jordan• Next week: Joshua Chapter 13-14