Feb 13, 2025joshua in the bible inherits authority from moses but not charisma. During the bronze age, hazor was a powerful canaanite city—remembered as “the head of all those kingdoms” in joshua 11:10. May 28, 2021biblical beth-shemesh appears in the books of joshua, judges, 1 samuel, 1 and 2 kings, and 1 and 2 chronicles—notably as the place where the philistines returned the briefly.
Hazor and its kings are mentioned in the militaristic boasts and diplomatic correspondences of ancient near eastern rulers, while the book of joshua famously refers to hazor as “the head” of all the.