And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
Joshua took all those kings and their land together at one time because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. The setting is a series of battles recording the conquest of several small kingdoms in one campaign. Israel's victories depended on God's presence and aid. Failure to trust God brought defeat, and faithful obedience would have allowed Israel to possess the land sooner.
The souls named in the chapter are persons, the inhabitants themselves of the conquered towns and cities who were destroyed by Joshua's army. Its primary sense is the whole being, the whole creature, a living person, not a separate inner man put inside the body. The repeated statements that souls were slain and destroyed prove a soul can be lifeless and can die, and in the original the phrase is dead soul. This connection shows that Adam becoming a living soul when God breathed the breath of life into him meant Adam himself became a living being.
Joshua took all those kings and their land together at one time because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. The setting is a series of battles recording the conquest of several small kingdoms in one campaign. Israel's victories depended on God's presence and aid. Failure to trust God brought defeat, and faithful obedience would have allowed Israel to possess the land sooner.
The souls named in the chapter are persons, the inhabitants themselves of the conquered towns and cities who were destroyed by Joshua's army. Its primary sense is the whole being, the whole creature, a living person, not a separate inner man put inside the body. The repeated statements that souls were slain and destroyed prove a soul can be lifeless and can die, and in the original the phrase is dead soul. This connection shows that Adam becoming a living soul when God breathed the breath of life into him meant Adam himself became a living being.