Joshua
Successor of Moses and leader of the conquest of Canaan
- Hebrew
- Yehoshua, "Yahweh is salvation"
- Tribe
- Ephraim
- Known for
- Jericho; the sun standing still at Gibeon
- Died
- Aged 110 (Joshua 24:29)
- Main text
- Book of Joshua
Moses' successor, who in the Book of Joshua brings down Jericho, defeats the Anakim and asks the sun to stand still over Gibeon.
What is Joshua known for?
Joshua is Moses' assistant in Exodus and Numbers and becomes leader of Israel after Moses' death. The Book of Joshua describes the crossing of the Jordan, the fall of Jericho and the conquest and division of Canaan. He dies at 110.
Two passages matter for this site. In Joshua 10, during a battle to defend Gibeon, great stones fall from heaven on the fleeing enemy and Joshua asks the sun and moon to stand still; the text cites the lost "book of Jasher" as its source for the poem. Joshua 11 says Joshua cut off the Anakim, the giants of Hebron, from the hill country, leaving survivors only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod, and Joshua 12 calls Og of Bashan one of the last of the Rephaim.
Most scholars do not read the Book of Joshua as a factual record; archaeology shows that sites such as Jericho and Ai were not occupied as described in the presumed period. It is read as a later national narrative.
The site cites Joshua for the sun standing still, the lost book of Jasher, and the defeat of the Anakim giants.
Mentioned on these pages
- Rabbit holeAnakim
- Rabbit holeBook of Jasher
- Rabbit holeOg of Bashan
- PassageThe Book of Jasher: hybrids of animals (Book of Jasher 4:18)
- PassageThe sun stands still (Joshua 10:11–13)
- PersonAhiman, Sheshai and Talmai (sons of Anak)
- PersonGoliath
- PersonTerah
- PlaceAshdod
- PlaceGath
- PlaceGaza
- PlaceGibeon
- PlaceHebron
- PlaceJericho
Sources
- Joshua 10–12 (KJV), Bible GatewayPrimary text
- Wikipedia, 'Joshua'Reference
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