The book containing the verse is the first of the twelve historical books, recording the history of the chosen people as a nation from their first occupation of Canaan to the return from the captivity, and it is named for its leading character Joshua, by whom part of it was written. The verse belongs to the account of the distribution of the land in Joshua 13 to 22, which is based upon written documents in which the property was accurately described. It stands in the part of the book after Achan's sin and its fearful consequences that records the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land.
It is part of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes in Joshua 11 to 21. It lists Jarmuth among the cities allotted to the tribe of Judah, as one of the eleven mountain cities in that allotment. The naming of the towns shows the inheritance apportioned to Israel, while the account also suggests Israel's lack of faith and slowness in fully possessing the land, and the whole division closes with the assurance that God wrought all that He had promised and no good thing He spoke failed.
The book containing the verse is the first of the twelve historical books, recording the history of the chosen people as a nation from their first occupation of Canaan to the return from the captivity, and it is named for its leading character Joshua, by whom part of it was written. The verse belongs to the account of the distribution of the land in Joshua 13 to 22, which is based upon written documents in which the property was accurately described. It stands in the part of the book after Achan's sin and its fearful consequences that records the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land.
It is part of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes in Joshua 11 to 21. It lists Jarmuth among the cities allotted to the tribe of Judah, as one of the eleven mountain cities in that allotment. The naming of the towns shows the inheritance apportioned to Israel, while the account also suggests Israel's lack of faith and slowness in fully possessing the land, and the whole division closes with the assurance that God wrought all that He had promised and no good thing He spoke failed.