Joshua and the Israelites conquered multiple kingdoms in Canaan as directed by God. They destroyed the cities of Hazor, Jericho, and Ai completely as God hardened the hearts of their enemies. Archaeological evidence confirms the destruction of Hazor described in the Bible. Joshua divided the land among the 12 tribes of Israel, fulfilling God's promise to give them the land. The text then provides a list of the kings and territories defeated by Moses and Joshua.

1. Joshua 11-12
Hazor; Kill Everybody; Justice In Extinction?;
God Hardened Their Hearts; Gaza In Gath;
Adullam; Megiddo; Kedesh; Hyperbole;
Justice In Extinction?

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3. Let's read Joshua 11:1-13
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4. Joshua 11:1
King Of Hazor Sends For Help
• NAU Joshua 11:1 Then it came about, when
Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent…
• He sends an instant message to about a dozen
of his king buddies.
• They will not be able to hold off the judgment
of God.
• Here's what's left of them;
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5. Hazor upper city aerial from west
Joshua 11:1

6. Hazor upper city aerial from west
Israelite
watersystem
Israelite
tower
Canaanite
palace
Solomonic
gate
lower city
lower city
tripartite
building
four-room
house
Joshua 11:1

7. Joshua 11:4, Northern Coalition
Attacks The Jews
• NAU Joshua 11:4 They came out, they and all
their armies with them, as many people as the
sand that is on the seashore, with very many
horses and chariots.
• “They came out” only in the battles of Jericho and
Ai did the Israelites initiate the attack. All of
Joshua's other battles are defensive.
• The description of the armies as “as the sand” is
probably hyperbole.
• Think “horses and chariots” = Battle tanks.
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8. Joshua 11:6, Tomorrow?
• NAU Joshua 11:6 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Do
not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this
time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel; you
shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots
with fire.”
• God promises to wipe out all these vast armies by
tomorrow.
• God says "I will”, most of the verbs are about God’s
action.
• The "hamstring their horses" is equivalent to saying
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9. Joshua 11:10, Hazor
• Joshua 11:10 Then Joshua turned back at that time,
and captured Hazor and struck its king with the
sword; for Hazor formerly was the head of all these
kingdoms.
• For further study of the archaeological discoveries
confirming the customs and geography of these
times, see; pages 43, 52, 54, in the Archeological
Study Bible, concerning discoveries at Nuzi and
Mari, in Iraq.

10. Joshua 11:10, 1 Kings 9:15, TODAY’S CREATION MOMENT
HAZOR'S BIBLICAL HISTORY CONFIRMED
• Secular archaeologists usually assume that the historical
statements found in Scripture are overstatements or
simply incorrect. It was with this attitude that
archaeologists approached the ruins of Hazor to see if
they could tell whether Solomon actually did add to the
wall of Hazor and build other structures there, as the
Bible says. Hazor was an important city on the primary
military and trade routes between Israel and Phoenicia,
Syria, Mesopotamia and Egypt. Hazor had been
destroyed by Joshua when Israel took possession of the
Promised Land. Over the following centuries, the site
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11. Joshua 11:10, TODAY'S CREATION MOMENT
HAZOR'S BIBLICAL HISTORY CONFIRMED
• be inhabited by Israelites. By Solomon's time, the city reached a
size of about 10 acres and was home to between 800 and 1,000
people. Archaeologists found that sometime during the reign of
Solomon, the city wall was expanded, doubling the size. Other
buildings also were added at this time. Excavations show that at
Solomon's time the city was prosperous. The city's six chambered
gate is typical of the gates Israel built at this time. Gates of the
same design also exist at Megiddo and Gezer, two other cities
named as being fortified by Solomon, according to the same verse
that mentions the fortification of Hazor! Again, the Bible has
been vindicated as presenting accurate history. We can be equally
sure that the Bible's account of creation is accurate because the
Bible is God's Word.
• Notes: "Solomon's City Rises from the Ashes," Biblical Archaeology Review, 3 4/99. Aerial view of Tel Hazor. (PD)
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12. Joshua 11:10, Hazor
• hazor_casemate_wall_df.jpg

13. Joshua 11:10, Hazor
• Hathor-House of Pillars

14. Joshua 11:10, Hazor
• Archaeological remains at Hazor

15. Joshua 11:10, The Dating of Hazor's Destruction
in Joshua 11 Via Biblical, Archaeological, and
Epigraphical Evidence
• EXCERPT Undoubtedly, one of the hottest topics in the field of OT biblical studies in recent years is the dating of the
Exodus.[1] Essentially, there are two prevailing positions: the early Exodus view, which contends that the Israelite Exodus
transpired during the middle of the 15th century BC, and the late Exodus view, which purports that the Israelites actually
left Egypt nearly 200 years later, during the 13th century BC. On the side of the latter view, biblical archaeologists such
as James Hoffmeier contend that a 13th century BC Exodus better fits the material evidence, in large part due to alleged
connections between sites mentioned in the biblical text—such as the store-city of Raamses (Exod 1:11), which he
asserts “is likely to be equated with the Delta capital built by and named for Ramesses II, that is, Pi-Ramesses”[2]—and
excavated or identifiable sites in Egypt.
• I. INTRODUCTION, On the side of the former view, biblical archaeologists such as Bryant Wood argue that the Exodus
must have occurred in the middle of the 15th century BC, since the ordinal number “480th” in 1 Kgs 6:1 only can be
understood literally (contra allegorically, as late-Exodus proponents suggest). Wood, who mainly presents archaeological
evidence to support his case, even declares that “the 13th-century Exodus-Conquest model is no longer tenable.”[3]
Thus the battle over the proper dating of the Exodus and Conquest continues to wage.
• While this debate cannot be settled in the present article, nor can space be devoted here to the issue of the alleged
Ramesside connections with the store-city of Raamses or the problem of archaeology not being able to “provide any
trace of Israelites [in Canaan] before the Iron Age (shortly before 1200 B.C.E.),”[4] an examination of one aspect of this
issue is in order: namely, the destruction of Hazor that is recorded in Joshua 11. The importance of Hazor’s contribution
to the debate on the timing of the Exodus cannot be underestimated, as “Hazor provides the only possible evidence for
an Israelite conquest of Canaan in the late 13th century” BC.[5]
• The initial Israelite conquest of Canaan under Joshua included three cities that were destroyed and put to the torch:
Hazor (Josh 11:10–11), Jericho (Josh 6:21–24), and Ai (Josh 8:18–19).[6] Hazor—strategically located on the Great Trunk
Road, which is the main commercial highway that cut through Canaan and was part of the principal military route
throughout the Late Bronze Age (1550–1200 BC)—thus is at the center of the debate over the timing of the Exodus, since
it was both destroyed by Joshua and destroyed in the 13th century BC. The biblical text requires that the former is true,
while archaeology requires that the latter is true. The matter that will be discussed here, however, is whether these
destructions are distinct or one and the same. This study may go a long way toward determining whether or not the
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16. Joshua 11:10, TODAY'S CREATION
MOMENT
THE BIBLE: CONVINCING HISTORY
• The Bible tells us that in conquering Canaan, Joshua destroyed
the city of Hazor, which was the chief city in the area. Bible
critics are usually skeptical of the claims made by the Bible,
especially when it comes to Israel's conquest of Canaan.
Excavations at Hazor began in 1955 and have gone on
sporadically ever since. Archaeologists wanted to know when
Hazor was destroyed and who it was that destroyed it. Doubting
that Israel could have caused the destruction, some suggested
Hazor was destroyed by the Philistines, by another Canaanite
city, or the Egyptians… New excavations during the 1990s
revealed some interesting answers. The city was clearly
destroyed by fire, as attested by the remaining ashes of the city,
which are 3 feet deep in some places. This is consistent with
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17. Joshua 11:11, TODAY’S CREATION MOMENT
THE BIBLE: CONVINCING HISTORY
• Scripture's account. Because of the large amount of olive oil
stored in large jars in the palace, the fire was especially bad there,
reaching temperatures estimated at over two thousand degrees
Fahrenheit. In addition, statues and idols were smashed, which is
what the Israelites typically did in obedience to God. The idols
destroyed were gods worshiped by the Philistines, Canaanites and
Egyptians, making them unlikely as the destroyers. The pattern of
destruction is the same as described by Scripture, leaving the only
conclusion, say those closest to the excavations, that only Israel
could have done this! It's good to see that even those who doubt
the truth of Scripture can be convinced of its truth by history
itself.
• Notes: Amnon Ben-Tor and Maria Teresa Rubiato, "Did the Israelites Destroy the Canaanite City?", Biblical
Archaeology Review, May/June 1999, p. 22. Photo: Tel Hazor. (PD)Joshua 11:11
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18. BibleOverview Rose
• NAU Joshua 11:14 All the spoil of
these cities and the cattle, the
sons of Israel took as their
plunder; but they struck every
man with the edge of the sword,
until they had destroyed them.
They left no one who breathed.

19. Joshua 11:14,
Left No One Who Breathed
• NAU Joshua 11:14 …They left no one who breathed.
• If you saw a rabid dogs ravaging school children you
would want to wipe out all the rabid dogs. Rabid dogs
only kill the body. Idolatry is worse! The penalty for sin
is death!
• NAU Matthew 10:28 "Do not fear those who kill the
body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him
who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• The inhabitants were doing child sacrifice, incest,
bestiality, VD’s, etc.
• Beware to America as we've killed over 60 million
babies, and now officially promote sexual sin.

20. Joshua 11:14, Leviticus 18
Justice In Extinction?
• NAU Leviticus 18:24 'Do not defile yourselves by any
of these things; for by all these the nations which I
am casting out before you have become defiled. 25
'For the land has become defiled, therefore I have
brought its punishment upon it, so the land has
spewed out its inhabitants… 27 (for the men of the
land who have been before you have done all these
abominations, and the land has become defiled);
• The “these abominations” God referred to included
incest, adultery, child sacrifice, homosexuality, and
bestiality. 2
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21. Joshua 11:20
God Hardened Their Hearts
• NAU Joshua 11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden
their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he
might utterly destroy them, that they might receive
no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as the
LORD had commanded Moses.
• Their hearts must have already been harder than the
Egyptians. Their horrible abominations are listed in
Leviticus 18.
• God is not only punishing the pagans but protecting
the Israelite children from their contamination.
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22. Joshua 11:22, Gaza, in
Gath
(Photo: Ariel Schalit, AP)
Archaeologists find the
gate to Goliath's
hometown, by Elizabeth Armstrong
Moore, Newser…
(NEWSER) – An
archaeological dig now in
its 20th year has
uncovered the entrance
gate to Gath…
inscription…contains two
names similar to
“Goliath.”…”
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23. Joshua 11:22, Gaza, in Gath
(Photo: Ariel Schalit, AP)
• NAU Joshua 11:22 There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath,
and in Ashdod some remained.
• Archaeologists find the gate to Goliath's hometown
• Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, Newser staff 9:39 a.m. EDT August 4, 2015
• AP MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS PHILISTINE METROPOLIS I ISR
• (NEWSER) – An archaeological dig now in its 20th year has uncovered the entrance gate to Gath, the
ancient Biblical city of the Philistines and onetime home of the giant Goliath. Before the king of
Damascus destroyed it in 830 BCE, Gath was the largest city in the land for hundreds of years,
reports the Jerusalem Post. The Bible refers to the massive city gate itself, in the story of David's
escape from King Saul to the king of Gath. In addition to the city gate, scientists have also unearthed
an "impressive fortification wall," several buildings that include a temple and iron production
facility, and what the Post calls the earliest "decipherable" Philistine inscription ever found—which
contains two names similar to "Goliath."
• "After finding a huge fortification, it’s clearly the most important city of the 10th and ninth
centuries," says the archaeologist in charge of the dig, per i24. The long-term dig is part of the
Ackerman Family Bar-Ilan University Expedition to Gath, a look at the archaeology and history of
one of the largest "tells" (aka ancient ruin mounds) in Israel. The area in central Israel, in the Tel
Zafit National Park in the Judean Foothills, has been inhabited almost continuously since the 5th
millennium BCE, the researchers note in a press release. (Also recently discovered in Israel? A mask
unlike any other.)
• This article originally appeared on Newser:
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24. Joshua 11:23
The First Section Ends
• NAU Joshua 11:23 So Joshua took the whole land,
according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses, and
Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their
divisions by their tribes. Thus the land had rest from war.
• This summary statement closes Joshua chapter 1 – 11.
• The land promised to Abraham goes from Egypt to the River
Euphrates, north to Lebanon.
• NAU Genesis 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant
with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this
land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the
river Euphrates:
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25. Joshua 12
A List Of The Kings Conquered In The
First Section Of Joshua

26. Joshua 12:1
The Kings Defeated By Moses
• NAU Joshua 12:1 Now these are the kings of the
land whom the sons of Israel defeated, and whose
land they possessed beyond the Jordan toward
the sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon as far as
Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east:
• NAU Joshua 12:6 Moses the servant of the LORD
and the sons of Israel defeated them; and Moses
the servant of the LORD gave it to the Reubenites
and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh as
a possession.
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27. BibleOverview Rose

28. Joshua 12:7
The Kings Defeated By Joshua
• NAU Joshua 12:7 Now these are the kings of the land
whom Joshua and the sons of Israel defeated beyond the
Jordan toward the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of
Lebanon even as far as Mount Halak, which rises toward
Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a
possession according to their divisions,
• Joshua and the 9 1/2 tribes benefited from the victory of
Moses.
• We can benefit from the victories all the Christian martyrs,
missionaries, pastors and theologians of the past.
• We stand on the shoulders of giants.
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29. Joshua 12:15, Adullam?
• NAU Joshua 12:7 …the kings… toward the west
• NAU Joshua 12:15 …the king of Adullam…
• Genesis 38:1 And it came about at that time, that
Judah departed from his brothers and visited a
certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
• While there Judah took a Canaanite whose name
was Shua, she conceived and bore a son named Er,
who married Tamar;
• NAU Matthew 1:3 Judah was the father of Perez
and Zerah by Tamar…
• 1Sam 22:1 So David departed from there and
escaped to the cave of Adullam…

30. Joshua 12:21, Megiddo
• The Great Temple at Megiddo, Monumentality in the Early
Bronze Age Levant and the Birth of Urban Culture
• Recent excavations in and around Early Bronze Age I
Megiddo have exposed a complex society, “settlement
explosion” and monumental construction that are
unparalleled elsewhere in the late-fourth millennium Levant.
At the center of these discoveries lies Megiddo’s Great
Temple, a structure that, according to its excavators, “has
proven to be the most monumental single edifice so far
uncovered in the EB I Levant and ranks among the largest
structures of its time in the Near East.” … scholars
traditionally have seen the Levant in this period as a village-
level society. Megiddo may change that picture.
• Biblical Archaeology Society bas@biblicalarchaeology.org 5-
23-2014

31. Joshua 12:21, Megiddo
• Excavations in
Megiddo Area J
uncovered a
temple of
unparalleled
scale in the Early
Bronze Age I
Levant. This
photo from the
2008 field
season is
courtesy of the
Megiddo
Expedition.
• Recent
excavations in
and around
Early Bronze
Age I Megiddo

32. Joshua 12:21, Megiddo
• Vern Peterman says, “Aerial view of Tel
Megiddo, one of Israel's national parks.”
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33. Megiddo
Vern Peterman says, “Megiddo was occupied from Canaanite times into late Old
Testament times. Solomon had 480 horses housed there inside the fortress walls. He
also reinforced & upgraded the gate structure (see below).”
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34. • Vern Peterman says, “Seal found at Megiddo: "Shema, servant of Yarob'oam"
King Jeroboam II reigned in the northern kingdom from 787-747 BC”
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35. Megiddo
Vern Peterman says,
“The water tunnel at
Megiddo, inside the
fortress walls to
maintain a water
supply under seige.”
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36. • Vern Peterman says, “This is a sectional drawing of a typical tel.
Israel has over 200 of them. We visited eight: Hazor, Megiddo,
Beth Shean, Jericho, Beth Shemesh, Azekah, Gezer & Lachish.” And
“Tel Megiddo and the Megiddo Valley are visible from Nazareth.
Can you imagine what Jesus saw as He looked over the Valley of
Megiddo (Armageddon).”
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37. Megiddo, Armageddon
• Vern Peterman says, “This is the Valley of
Megiddo, where the Campaign of Armageddon
will begin. In spite of the movie title, Bruce Willis
will have nothing to do with this.”
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38. Kedesh Roman temple
NAU Joshua 12:22 the king of Kedesh…
Josh 20:7, Judg 4:1–10, 2 Kgs 15:29

39. Joshua 12:24, 31 Defeated Kings
• NAU Joshua 12:7 Now these are the kings of the
land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel
defeated beyond the Jordan toward the west
… 24…in all, thirty-one kings.
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40. In conclusion;
• There are three ways to get something
done:
• 1. Do it yourself.
• Hire someone else to do it.
• Forbid your kids to do it.
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41. THE END
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42. 42
Joshua 11:1

43. Joshua 11:10, TODAY'S CREATION MOMENT
HAZOR'S BIBLICAL HISTORY CONFIRMED
• 1 Kings 9:15 "And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of
the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and
Gezer."
• Secular archaeologists usually assume that the historical statements found in Scripture are
overstatements or simply incorrect. It was with this attitude that archaeologists approached the
ruins of Hazor to see if they could tell whether Solomon actually did add to the wall of Hazor and
build other structures there, as the Bible says. Hazor was an important city on the primary military
and trade routes between Israel and Phoenicia, Syria, Mesopotamia and Egypt.
• Aerial view of Tel HazorHazor had been destroyed by Joshua when Israel took possession of the
Promised Land. Over the following centuries, the site began to be inhabited by Israelites. By
Solomon's time, the city reached a size of about 10 acres and was home to between 800 and 1,000
people. Archaeologists found that sometime during the reign of Solomon, the city wall was
expanded, doubling the size. Other buildings also were added at this time. Excavations show that at
Solomon's time the city was prosperous. The city's six chambered gate is typical of the gates Israel
built at this time. Gates of the same design also exist at Megiddo and Gezer, two other cities named
as being fortified by Solomon, according to the same verse that mentions the fortification of Hazor!
• Again, the Bible has been vindicated as presenting accurate history. We can be equally sure that the
Bible's account of creation is accurate because the Bible is God's Word.
• Notes: "Solomon's City Rises from the Ashes," Biblical Archaeology Review, 3 4/99. Aerial view of Tel
Hazor. (PD)
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44. Joshua 11:10, Laish & Hazor
• The discoveries at Nuzi and Mari, in Iraq. Shed light
of this “gods” issue.
• “Mari” page 54, in the Archeological Study Bible
says, “Laish”
• Judges 18:7 Then the five men departed and came
to Laish

45. Megiddo, Armageddon
• Vern Peterman says, “The map outline of the
Campaign of Armageddon, according to the
Bible (by Ariel Ministries - used by
permission):”
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46. Megiddo
• Large cities that you did not build
• By Jonathan Lipnick / May 04, 2015 / Biblical Hebrew & Greek /
• Mezuzah scroll sepharad real front.JPG
• The text of the Shema written on parchment which is affixed to the doorpost of a Jewish home.
• The book of Deuteronomy, Moses’ farewell speech to the children of Israel, contains some of the most quoted passages
in the entire Bible. Perhaps the most foundational text for Judaism is the Shema (“Hear O Israel”), the opening verses of
the sixth chapter of the book.
• Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your
children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.
Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your
house and on your gates. (Deut. 6:4-9)
• This is the most concise Jewish declaration of faith and a mandatory prayer recited twice every day (“when you lie down
and when you rise”) by observant Jews. As seen in the photo above it is also handwritten by a scribe on a piece of
parchment which is affixed to the doorposts of one’s home (“mezuzah”) as well as inserted into phylacteries which are
bound to the arm and forehead (“tefillin”).
• But following this very famous instruction, Moses utters these much less famous words:
• When the Lord your God has brought you into the land that he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob, to give you—a land with fine, large cities that you did not build, houses filled with all sorts of goods that you did
not fill, hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you have eaten
your fill, take care that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
(Deut. 6:10-12)
• This is a difficult message to hear and, not surprisingly, these words are much less familiar to modern Bible readers. The
Shema prayer skips over this passage and only resumes several chapters later in Deuteronomy 11. The lesson here is
somewhat discomforting. Although God promised the Land of Israel to the People of Israel, it was inhabited by another
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The text of the Shema written o
• Harav shalom nagar2.JPG
• A Jewish man wearing tefillin, leather boxes containing the Shema and several other passages from the Torah.