Conquest
Part One
Joshua 1:1-18
Where are the people camped?
What are the two qualities Joshua is repeatedly told he will need?
What is the attitude of the people as they begin this new phase of their life as God’s people?
Joshua 2: 1-24
How does Rahab protect the spies?
Why does Rahab protect the spies?
How is Rahab blessed for protecting the spies?
What is the spies’ report?
(NB: Rahab is one of four women named in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew’s gospel)
Joshua 3: 7 – 4:3
What sign does God give the people to confirm Joshua’s authority?
How is this sign a reminder of their history?
How will they continue to remember this event?
Joshua 6: 1-27
Who is in charge of the battle against Jericho?
How is the battle fought?
Why are the people successful?
Why was everything in the city destroyed?
Joshua 24: 1-28
What is the situation at the time of this speech by Joshua?
How have the people conquered the land?
How does Joshua remind the people of God’s care for them?
What are they challenged to do now?
How do they respond to Joshua’s challenge?
What will happen if they are unfaithful?
Conquest
Part Two
Judges 4:1-24
Why are the people of Israel in trouble?
Who is in charge in Israel?
Why is Deborah willing to go to the battle with her general?
How does God defeat the armies of the Canaanites?
How does Jael, the wife of the Kenite, help Deborah’s army?
What does this fulfill?
Judges 6: 1-40
Why does Gideon doubt his ability to lead Israel back to faithfulness?
What sign does he receive as proof of this ability?
What anchors are represented?
How does Gideon show faith to God?
What evidence is there that Gideon still does not fully trust God?
Judges 7: 1-23
Why does God want Gideon to send some of his soldiers away?
How does God achieve victory over the Midianites?
What is Gideon’s responsibility in the victory?
Judges 13: 1-7 and 16: 4-31
How is the story of Samson’s mother familiar?
Where does Samson’s strength come from?
What is the cause of Samson’s defeat?
Why is he able to overcome the Philistines in the end?
How is Samson’s story like the nation of Israel at the time of the Judges?
Conquest
Part Three
I Samuel 1: 1-20
How is Hannah’s story a familiar one?
What are the signs that Samuel will be an important figure in the people’s history?
I Samuel 3: 1-21
Name three references to sight in vss. 1-3.
What is the prophecy that is given to Samuel?
How does he react to this knowledge? Why?
What is Samuel’s vocation to be?
I Samuel 4: 1-22
How do the Israelites try to take matters into their own hands?
How does their action fulfill Samuel’s prophecy?
What problem is symbolized by the loss of the Ark?
I Samuel 7: 3-17
How will Samuel help the Israelites defeat the Philistines?
How does God defeat the Philistines at Mispah?
What does Samuel do that begins to unite the tribes of Israel?
Conquest
Word List
Apostasy –
Baal –
Barak
Deborah
Eli –
Gideon
Jael
Jericho –
Judge –
Philistines –
Prophet –
Rahab –
Samson
Samuel
Shechem
Sisera