Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.
Parallel translations
- WEB Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
- KJV Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
- NKJV Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
- NASB Joshua waged war a long time with all these kings.
- NLT waging war for a long time to accomplish this.
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Quick answer
Joshua waged war against these kings over a long period. The conquest was not instantaneous but extended.
Overview
This note clarifies that the campaign unfolded over many years rather than a single season. The duration shows that possessing God's promises often involves sustained, persevering obedience. It guards against imagining the conquest as effortless or immediate.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Josh 14:7–10I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.
- Josh 11:23So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
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Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.
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