So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, and they conquered it and lived in it.

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.

The Lord made them secure, in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors. None of their enemies could resist them.