complaining to God: “I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too” (1 Kings 19:10). It is that way in Joshua. When people think of Joshua, most think of the victory of the armies of Israel at Jericho, that great walled city that stood at the entrance to the Promised Land. It is right that they do. The victory of the Israelites at Jericho was a great victory, carried out in strict obedience to the battle plan of God and accomplished by his power in throwing down the city’s towering
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