Conquest of Canaan Complete
The promised land was not empty. Taking it would require both divine power and human courage.
Following the death of Moses, Joshua led the Israelites across the Jordan River and conducted a series of campaigns that defeated key Canaanite kings and cities, bringing much of the Promised Land under Israelite control. Once military operations concluded, Joshua allotted the conquered territories to the twelve tribes according to divine instructions, with specific portions assigned east and west of the Jordan as permanent inheritances. This fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant demonstrated Godโs faithfulness in delivering the land promised centuries earlier and transitioned Israel from a nomadic people to a settled nation. In Scripture the event underscores themes of obedience, divine sovereignty, and the foundation for the subsequent period of the judges.
Did You Know?
Once military operations concluded, Joshua allotted the conquered territories to the twelve tribes according to divine instructions, with specific portions assigned east and west of the Jordan as permanent inheritances.
This fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant demonstrated Godโs faithfulness in delivering the land promised centuries earlier and transitioned Israel from a nomadic people to a settled nation.
This event is dated to approximately c. 1399 BC in biblical chronology.
This took place at or near Shiloh.
Key Passage
Conquest of Canaan Complete
Joshua 21:43-45
43nd the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Meanwhile in the World
Egypt is at the height of its New Kingdom power under pharaohs like Thutmose III and Ramesses II. The Hittite Empire controls Anatolia. The Late Bronze Age collapse is approaching. Troy exists as a real city. This is the time of the Amarna letters and international diplomacy.