“Y’hoshua captured all the cities of those kings and the kings as well; he defeated them with the sword and completely destroyed them, as Moshe the servant of Adonai had ordered.  But as for the cities built on their tels, Isra’el burned none of them except Hatzor; Y’hoshua did burn that one.”-Joshua 11:12-13 From Joshua […]

There’s another reason why God ordered the destruction of the northern kings’ coalition of horses and chariots. This is something that might seem too obvious and fly right by our heads. Let me start off by asking you this question: What kind of war is being fought here? The answer is… …a holy war, right? […]

Yesterday I mentioned there was another reason why the Lord ordered Joshua and his men to destroy the enemy’s chariots and horses besides the fact that He wanted to disable them so they would never rise up and become a threat to Israel again. The other reason is this: God did NOT want Israel to acquire the […]

“Adonai handed them over to Israel — they attacked and chased them to Greater Tzidon, Misrefot-Mayim and eastward to the Mitzpeh Valley; they attacked them until none of them was left.  Y’hoshua did to them what Adonai had ordered — he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.”-Joshua 11:8-9 From verse 8, we’re told […]

“Y’hoshua did to them what Adonai had ordered — he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.“-Joshua 11:9 The Lord basically gave one recorded instruction to Joshua concerning the enemy. “Hamstring their horses and burn down their chariots”. So what exactly does “hamstringing” an animal mean? It’s actually pretty painful to describe. What it […]