JOSHUA. 1. Called also Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea. Son of Nun, Num. 13:8; 1 Chr. 7:27. Intimately associated with Moses, Ex. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11. A religious zealot, Num. 11:28. Sent with others to view the promised land, Num. 13:8. Makes favorable report, Num. 14:6–10. Rewarded for his courage and fidelity, Num. 14:30, 38; 32:12. Commissioned, ordained, and charged with the responsibilities of Moses’ office, Num. 27:18–23; Deut. 1:38; 3:28; 31:3, 7, 23; 34:9. Divinely inspired, Num. 27:18; Deut. 34:9; Josh. 1:5, 9; 3:7; 8:8. His life miraculously preserved when he made a favorable report of the land, Num. 14:10. Promises to, Josh. 1:5–9. Leads the people into the land of Canaan, Josh. 1–4; Acts 7:45; Heb. 4:8. Renews circumcision of the children of Israel; reestablishes the passover; has a vision of the angel of God, Josh. 5. Besieges and takes Jericho, Josh. 6. Takes ai, Josh. 7; 8. Makes a league with the Gibeonites, Josh. 9:3–27. The kings of the six nations of the Canaanites confederate against him, Josh. 9:1, 2; make war upon the Gibeonites; are defeated and slain, Josh. 10. Defeats seven other kings, Josh. 10:28–43. Makes conquest of Hazor, Josh. 11. Completes the conquest of the whole land, Josh. 11:23. List of the kings whom Joshua killed, Josh. 12. Allots the land, Josh. 13–19. Sets the tabernacle up in Shiloh, Josh. 18:1. Sets apart cities of refuge, Josh. 20; forty-eight cities for the Levites, Josh. 21. Exhortation of, before his death, Josh. 23; 24. Survives the Israelites who refused to enter Canaan, Num. 26:63–65. His portion of the land, Josh. 19:49, 50. Death and burial of, Josh. 24:29, 30. Esteem in which he was held, Josh. 1:16–18. Faith of, Josh. 6:16. Military genius of, as exhibited at the defeat of the Amalekites, Ex. 17:13; at Ai, Josh. 8; in Gibeon, Josh. 10; at Hazor, Josh. 11. Age of, at death, Judg. 2:8. 2. An Israelite, 1 Sam. 6:14, 18. 3. A governor of Jerusalem, 2 Kin. 23:8. 4. Called also Jeshua. The high priest of the captivity, Ezra 2:2. Assists Zerubbabel in restoring the temple, Ezra 3; 4:1–6; 5; Hag. 1:1, 12–14; 2:2.