Who was the king that organized the great alliance?

Name the kings involved in the alliance and their territories.

Describe the scene of the vast combined army.

Where did the huge army converge?

What did the Lord tell Joshua concerning them? What were His instructions?

What did Joshua and his army do? How many were left after Joshua chased them?

Which instructions did Joshua carry out?

What city did Joshua attack next? Why?

What other cities did Joshua burn besides Hazor?

What did the Israelite army do with the spoil and livestock from these cities? What happened to the people?

How much did Joshua do of what the Lord had commanded Moses?

Describe the territory that Joshua conquered. 

How many cities had made peace with the Israelites? Who did? Why had it happened this way?

How much of the Anakim were left in Israel? Where were they?

How was the land that had been conquered distributed? 

By the end of the chapter, what was the status of the land?

Thought Questions 

What is it about this chapter that is most striking to you? Is there a limit to how much God can defend us from according to His will?

Although the alliance of multiple kings sounds frightening and insurmountable, how was it actually an advantage in this case? 

What is the tone of this chapter? Did Joshua or any of the Israelites sound fearful of this vast army of powerful kingdoms? What key verse in this chapter that gives hope? How did Joshua respond to that?

Why do you think most of the peoples of the land (with the only exception of the Hivites from Gibeon) didn’t try to make any type of peace treaties with Israel? 

What does it mean when the Bible says “the Lord hardened their hearts” (Exodus 4:21, Deuteronomy 2:30)? Does it sound like, in all of those cases, the people’s hearts were pretty hardened to begin with? What was God trying to accomplish in those circumstances?

My prayer is:

Not to limit God’s power in my mind;

To understand that working against the Lord always ultimately results in destruction;

And to keep my heart softened to the workings of God’s Spirit.