Conquest & Judges

1407–1051 BCE · 3 snapshots

Watch the boundaries of biblical-era polities shift across a draggable timeline. Click any place to see its affiliation in all 13 periods, scriptural references and archaeology notes.

Snapshots

Joshua's Conquest and Tribal Allotments

1401 BCE

Joshua crosses the Jordan, takes Jericho and Ai, defeats the Canaanite coalitions, and allots the land to the twelve tribes.

Leader of IsraelJoshua
High PriestEleazar

Scripture: Josh 1-12; 14-19

Archaeology & dating: Late Bronze Age II (c. 1400-1200 BCE); the destruction layers at Jericho and Hazor remain debated

Twelve Tribes' Territories

1201 BCE

The twelve tribes receive their allotments by lot; Canaanites who are not driven out remain in the land and become a snare.

High PriestEleazar and Phinehas
JudgeOthniel

Scripture: Josh 13-21; Judg 1:1-2:5

Archaeology & dating: End of the Late Bronze Age into Iron Age I (c. 1200-1000 BCE); rise of highland villages in Israel

The Period of the Judges and Philistine Pressure

1101 BCE

Israel repeatedly breaks the covenant and is oppressed by Midianites and Philistines; judges deliver the people, yet everyone does what is right in their own eyes.

JudgeGideon
High PriestEli

Scripture: Judg 6-8; 1 Sam 4:1-11

Archaeology & dating: Iron Age I (c. 1200-1000 BCE); the five Philistine city-states of the coastal plain

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Journeys in this period

The Exodus and the Covenant at Sinai1447–1407 BCE · Moses, Aaron
Joshua's Conquest of Canaan1407–1401 BCE · Joshua

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