Israelite conquest of Canaan

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The Israelite conquest of Canaan refers to the biblical account, chiefly in the Book of Joshua, of the Israelites’ military campaigns and settlement in the land of Canaan following their exodus from Egypt.

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Label Occurrences
Israelite conquest of Canaan canonical 6
fall of Jericho 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament narrative
biblical event
military campaign
associatedWithTribe Tribe of Asher
surface form: tribe of Asher

Tribe of Benjamin
surface form: tribe of Benjamin

Tribe of Dan
surface form: tribe of Dan

tribe of Ephraim
Tribe of Gad
surface form: tribe of Gad

Tribe of Issachar
surface form: tribe of Issachar

Tribe of Judah
surface form: tribe of Judah

Tribe of Levi
surface form: tribe of Levi

Tribe of Manasseh
surface form: tribe of Manasseh

Tribe of Naphtali
surface form: tribe of Naphtali

Tribe of Reuben
surface form: tribe of Reuben

tribe of Simeon
Tribe of Zebulun
surface form: tribe of Zebulun
centralFigure Joshua
chronologyAccordingToTraditionalBiblicalDating late 2nd millennium BCE
commander Joshua
deity YHWH
surface form: Yahweh
describedIn Christian biblical canon
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
follows Exodus from Egypt
Israelites’ wilderness wanderings
surface form: Israelite wilderness wanderings
hasAdditionalSource Judges
surface form: Book of Judges
hasTheme covenant fulfillment
divine promise of land
herem (ban of total destruction)
holy war
includesEvent Battle of Jericho
Gibeonite treaty
destruction of Ai
division of the land among the tribes of Israel
northern campaign against Hazor
southern campaign against Amorite kings
languageOfPrimaryText Biblical Hebrew
location Ai
Canaan
Hazor
Jericho
Canaan
surface form: northern Canaan

Canaan
surface form: southern Canaan
mainSource Book of Joshua
opponent Amorites
Canaanites
Hittite Empire
surface form: Hittites

Hivites
Jebusites
Perizzites
partOf Deuteronomistic history
precedes period of the Judges
relatedWork Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Exodus
Book of Numbers
religion ancient Israelite religion
subjectOf biblical archaeology debates
historicity discussions in biblical scholarship
viewedAs foundational narrative of Israelite settlement in Canaan

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Joshua narrativeFocus Israelite conquest of Canaan
subject surface form: Book of Joshua
Joshua containsStory Israelite conquest of Canaan
subject surface form: Book of Joshua
this entity surface form: fall of Jericho
battle of Ai partOf Israelite conquest of Canaan
subject surface form: Battle of Ai
Battle of Jericho partOf Israelite conquest of Canaan
‘Arvot Moav precedesEvent Israelite conquest of Canaan
Gibeonite treaty timeContext Israelite conquest of Canaan
Joshua associatedWithEvent Israelite conquest of Canaan