About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the Lord to fight on the plains of Jericho.

So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.

Joshua campaigned against these kings for quite some time.

This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt.

Have all the warriors march around the city one time; do this for six days.

Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.

Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.

No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,

Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then.

(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.) Then the land was free of war.

The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! See, I am handing over to you the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. But he did not realize men were hiding behind the city.

for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.

Joshua conquered the whole land, just as the Lord had promised Moses, and he assigned Israel their tribal portions. Then the land was free of war.

The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.

Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the Lord, died off. For the Lord had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.

When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up and put their feet on their necks.