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It describes the [[Israelite]] conquest of [[Canaan]] by its eponymous hero.
It describes the [[Israelite]] conquest of [[Canaan]] by its eponymous hero.
It is considered one the more troubling books of the [[Bible]] due to its unambiguous exhortations to [[genocide]].{{fact}}
It is considered one the more troubling books of the [[Bible]] due to its unambiguous exhortations to [[genocide]] - for example, after Joshua has massacred the entire population of [[Jericho]] (Joshua 6), God instructs him to 'Do to Ai what you did to Jericho' (Joshua 8:1).