The book holding the verse is the first of the twelve historical books, tracing the chosen people from their first national occupation of the land of Canaan to the return from the captivity. It is named for its leading figure Joshua, who as eyewitness and participant in the events of chapters 1-12 wrote part of it. The verse belongs to the distribution of the land in chapters 13-22, giving an accurate description of property drawn from written documents. Within that larger record it comes after Achan's sin, in the section recording the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land.
The verse names three of the eleven mountain cities that fell by lot to the tribe of Judah. As part of the account of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes, it stands in a narrative that exposes Israel's lack of faith and slowness. That same narrative closes with the assurance that God fulfilled every good thing He had promised.
The book holding the verse is the first of the twelve historical books, tracing the chosen people from their first national occupation of the land of Canaan to the return from the captivity. It is named for its leading figure Joshua, who as eyewitness and participant in the events of chapters 1-12 wrote part of it. The verse belongs to the distribution of the land in chapters 13-22, giving an accurate description of property drawn from written documents. Within that larger record it comes after Achan's sin, in the section recording the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land.
The verse names three of the eleven mountain cities that fell by lot to the tribe of Judah. As part of the account of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes, it stands in a narrative that exposes Israel's lack of faith and slowness. That same narrative closes with the assurance that God fulfilled every good thing He had promised.