How can Joshua 24:31 and Judges 18 be reconciled?
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Joshua 24:31 (ESV) states:
> Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known all the work that the LORD did for Israel.
However, based on evidence from Judges 18 (where the tribe of Dan took up Micah's idolatry), events in the previously mentioned chapter may have occurred during Joshua’s lifetime (Judges 18:1/Joshua 18:2, Judges 18:27/Joshua 19:47, and Judges 18:31/Joshua 19:51).
Is it possible that these events occurred after Joshua’s death, and before Dan took possession of their inheritance? Or does the parallel explanation of the Laish takeover rule that out?
How can the two, seemingly contradictory, passages be reconciled?
Asked by Kaylee Lanning
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Dec 30, 2025, 03:19 AM
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