{"id":21216,"date":"2009-12-04T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T03:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=21216"},"modified":"2025-03-07T14:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:47:45","slug":"ive-read-that-joshuas-conquest-of-jericho-and-ai-could-not-have-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/ive-read-that-joshuas-conquest-of-jericho-and-ai-could-not-have-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve read that Joshua&#8217;s conquest of Jericho and Ai could not have happened."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been reading about archaeology and the city of Ai and\u00a0that\u00a0Joshua&#8217;s conquest could not have happened there as the Bible claims. I really could use some help with that.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>You need to remember that archeologists&#8217; &#8220;datings&#8221; are based on modern-day chronologies, which have a likelihood of errors. Interestingly, there is no dispute that Jericho was destroyed in a manner consistent with what is recorded in the Bible. What has been recently argued is that the time frame is wrong. This is usually argued from Egyptian chronology, but I know of at least one Egyptologist, David Rohl, who has some substantial evidence that modern Egyptian chronology is off because it doesn&#8217;t consider that some dynasties in Egypt overlapped. See <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120717023830\/http:\/\/debate.org.uk\/topics\/history\/rohl-1.htm\">A New Chronology<\/a>\u00a0under the topic of Joshua.<\/p>\n<p>The sad thing is that when conflicting evidence is found, many people tend to go with the ones contrary to the Bible simply because they are different. It is only when they are dragged kicking and screaming to the conclusion that the Bible is right that they acquiesce and then run to find something else that contradicts the Bible.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I&#8217;ve been reading about archaeology and the city of Ai and\u00a0that\u00a0Joshua&#8217;s conquest could not have happened there as the Bible claims. I really could use some help with that. Answer: You need to remember that archeologists&#8217; &#8220;datings&#8221; are based on modern-day chronologies, which have a likelihood of errors. Interestingly, there is no dispute that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[568,725,1187,279,564],"class_list":["post-21216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-accuracy-of-the-bible","tag-archaeology","tag-conquering-of-canaan","tag-history","tag-joshua"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20671,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-historical-accuracy-of-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":21216,"position":0},"title":"The Historical Accuracy of the Bible (Sasser)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jim Sasser To be divinely inspired, a book must be historically accurate. \u00a0For if its credibility cannot be established on the basis of known events, it certainly cannot be relied upon as an adequate guide in matters beyond our ability to check. \u00a0On the other hand, if we can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/scholar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4279,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-can-i-find-information-about-the-falling-of-jerichos-walls\/","url_meta":{"origin":21216,"position":1},"title":"Where can I find information about the falling of Jericho&#8217;s walls?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 27, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am doing a paper for school trying to prove that the Bible is true. One example I was going to use was the walls of Jericho.\u00a0 What I have to do is find the verses, and then try to prove it looking in books, interviews, the Internet, etc.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95218,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/learning-the-story-of-god-and-his-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":21216,"position":2},"title":"Learning the Story of God and His People","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Hugh DeLong As a preacher, I have converted many people, most of whom knew very little about the actual bible story. Then it took time to ground them in this story of God and His work. This was particularly true of our preaching efforts in China. How were they\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":36504,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-it-really-matter-about-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":21216,"position":3},"title":"Does It Really Matter About the Bible?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jefferson David Tant Sometimes in talking with people, I ask if they believe the Bible is true. I then give three options: It is inspired by God, and all true; It is just a collection of writings by men through the centuries; or The original writings were God-inspired, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45317,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jericho-and-our-salvation\/","url_meta":{"origin":21216,"position":4},"title":"Jericho and our Salvation","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jefferson David Tant After reading the title, some might wonder what the battle of Jericho has to do with our salvation today. The battle when Israel conquered Jericho was about 1410 B.C., over 3,400 years ago. Thus the question might be, \"What in the world would some event over\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17553,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/achans-sin\/","url_meta":{"origin":21216,"position":5},"title":"Achan&#8217;s Sin","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"by Edward O. Bragwell, Sr. Fresh on the heels of an astounding victory at Jericho, the young Israelite nation, under Joshua's leadership, focused on the next objective in their campaign to capture Canaan - the land promised by Jehovah. Ai, a small town, was next on the list. 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