Joshua 11-15

Finally at chapter eleven, it seems that all the remaining nations team up to try to expel Israel from the land. The king of Hazor initiates the action as "head of all these kingdoms" according to 11:10. Joshua turned back to take out Hazor and kill the king. Again, the Israelites were used as the instruments of God's justice to exterminate the evil nations.

I wonder what the purpose of hamstringing horses would be. Would a hamstrung horse still be useful? For breeding perhaps, but beyond that it would seem easier to kill them along with everything else.

The land finally had peace at the end of chapter eleven, although it wasn't until Caleb did away with the people around Hebron that we see peace declared again at the end of chapter fourteen.

Caleb must have been quite the 85 year old! He asked for what he was promised. He seemed to even be asking for a challenge -- a place where the enemies were larger than normal. But conquer them, he did. The section of chapter 15 is odd in its inclusion. I suppose it is just a more detailed part of the land distribution.

The rest of this passage would be useful in making a map and is more understandable if you have a map sitting beside you. Even still, it's tough to get past all the names of towns which are long since gone or now carry different names.