Joshua: chapter summaries

Crossing the Jordan, conquering the land, dividing it among the tribes.

24 chapters · Old Testament

1. 1 Joshua is commissioned
2. 2 Rahab and the two spies
3. 3 Crossing the Jordan
4. 4 Twelve memorial stones
5. 5 Circumcision at Gilgal; the commander of the Lord’s army
6. 6 The fall of Jericho
7. 7 Achan’s sin
8. 8 Ai is taken
9. 9 The Gibeonites trick Israel
10. 10 The sun stands still
11. 11 Victory over the northern kings
12. 12 Kings defeated by Israel
13. 13 Land still to be taken; the east tribes
14. 14 Caleb’s portion at Hebron
15. 15 The land of Judah
16. 16 The land of Ephraim
17. 17 The land of Manasseh
18. 18 Seven tribes receive land; Benjamin
19. 19 Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan
20. 20 Cities of refuge
21. 21 Cities for the Levites
22. 22 The altar by the Jordan
23. 23 Joshua’s farewell
24. 24 The covenant renewed at Shechem