Joshua 11:16 Meaning and Explanation
“So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Joshua took the whole land, region by region, from the hill country to the lowlands.
What Does Joshua 11:16 Mean?
The narrator pauses to survey what has been won. Joshua has taken all the land: the hills, the southern country, the land of Goshen, the lowland valley, the plain, and the central mountain of Israel with its valleys. The sweep of names covers the whole territory.
The summary signals that the long campaign is reaching its goal. What the Lord had promised in broad terms is now set down in concrete geography, region by region. The fullness of the conquest is the fullness of the promise kept, and the reader is meant to see in this catalog the faithfulness of God making good on His word.
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What does Joshua 11:16 mean?
Joshua took the whole land, region by region, from the hill country to the lowlands.