Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.

The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”

Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.

Their assigned land included Beer Sheba, Moladah,

Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them.

But the woman hid the two men and replied, “Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.

But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in accordance with the Lord’s orders to Joshua.

they did something clever. They collected some provisions and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched.

Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.

These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.

Their territory started at Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba,

Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion, for Judah’s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah.

They assigned them Kiriath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas.

But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,

They returned and reported to Joshua, “Don’t send the whole army. About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.”

The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.

So the five Amorite kings (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon.

As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.

The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people and allowed no one who breathed to live.