Joshua 9:1-15
Tricked Into Believing The Enemy
Joshua 9:16-27
Making Your Mistakes Work For You
Joshua 10:1-15
The Lord Wants to Fight Our Battles
Joshua 10:16-28
Divide And Conquer Was Joshua’s Strategy
Joshua 10:29-43
The Lord Gives The Victory
Joshua 11:1-15
Joshua Captures Towns in the North
Joshua 11:16-23
A summary of Joshua’s Battles
Joshua 12:1-24
The Kings Defeated by the Israelites
Joshua 13:1-33
The Remaining Land is Divided
The Kings Defeated by the Israelites
Joshua 12:1–24
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I heard a story recently which illustrates the idea of a resting heart in the previous chapter. An American missionary couple and their family were home on furlough, and spending their vacation at a cabin near a lake. They had three children, ages twelve, seven and four. One day … More
Hanging on for dear life is reality. Fighting the battle to take new spiritual ground and not giving up is reality. But hopeful, confident rest is reality as well, knowing we are covered by the great protective wings of our faithful heavenly Father to deliver us, fight for us, and give us victory over the most uncontrollable circumstances. That is our confident hope.
Before Moses died, he and the people of Israel had defeated two kings east of the Jordan River, Sihon and Og (vv. 1-6). Chapter 12 gives a summary of God’s sovereignty at work through all these years of conquest. (see also Numbers 21). Later, Joshua and the Israelites defeated many kings west of the Jordan River (vv. 7-8).
Beginning in verse nine, we read a list of 31 Canaanite kings, all by name, whom Joshua defeated with the armies of Israel as the Lord fought for them (vv. 9-24). It’s interesting that God carefully lists each king individually. We are under the King of all the earth. There were thirty-three petty kings, plus political and military authorities who tried to stand up against the God of this universe. They got squashed. God did not allow competition as he mowed down thirty-three kings, because he is sovereign.
Application
I can be confident that the God who had rescued me in the past can be trusted to do so again.
Joshua 12:1-24 (English Standard Version)
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