The Northern Campaign 11:22 Anakim … Gath. Some of them remained in Philistine territory, most notably Goliath (cf. 1 Sam. 17:4). 11:23 the whole land. Here is a key verse for the book which sums up 11:16–22. How does this relate to 13:1, where God tells Joshua that he did not take the whole land? It may mean that the major battles had been fought and supremacy demonstrated, even if further incidents would occur and not every last pocket of potential resistance had yet been rooted out.