Reading for October 12th

Read Joshua 11.1-15
In 11.1-15: Conquests in the north.
In verses 1-3: Deborah and Barak also confront a King Jabin of Hazor in Judg 4-5.
Jabin may have been a dynastic name for Hazor's kings.
Separate folk traditions about Hazor simply used this well-known name.
Jabin's response parallels the pattern of 10.1-5.
In verse 4: Israel's enemies had the advantage of horses and chariots, a sophisticated and expensive weapons system.
In verse 6:  To hamstring a horse means to cut its rear leg tendons so that it could no longer be used in war (2 Sam 8.4).
Israel was unable to support and use chariots until the reign of Solomon.
In verse 8: The Lord is always the real victor in holy war tradition.
In verse 11: The language for the holy war ban, no one left who breathed (also v. 14), is taken from Deut 20.16.
In verse 13: Israel did not destroy most captured cities, but took them over in accordance with the principle of Deut 6.10-11.
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