And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
WEB
Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
YLT
And Joshua and all Israel seem stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,
DBT
And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJoshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.
- Author
- Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
- Date
- Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period