Who are the Canaanites now?

Summary: The people who lived in the area known as the Southern Levant — which is now recognized as Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Lebanon, and parts of Syria — during the Bronze Age (circa 3500-1150 BCE) are referred to in ancient biblical texts as the Canaanites.

The land known as Canaan was situated in the territory of the southern Levant, which today encompasses Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and the southern portions of Syria and Lebanon.

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The Book of Joshua is the story of how Israel conquered Canaan. Joshua, the leader of the Israelites, sent two spies to Jericho, the first city of Canaan that they decided to conquer, and discovered that the land was in fear of them and their God.

WHEN Jericho was destroyed, a curse was pronounced upon its rebuilding, to the effect that the man who should do so would lay the foundation in his oldest son and set up the gates in his youngest son (Josh. 6: 26). The verb ;1:t, ” build,” evidently itnplies the restoration of Jericho to its former fortified strength.

At the end of the 4th millennium bce, an urban culture once more appeared in Jericho, as in the rest of Palestine. Jericho became a walled town again, with its walls many times rebuilt. About 2300 bce there was once more a break in urban life.

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Fletcher was a descendent of these ancient giants. 40 years later, Joshua who was now leading the Israelites sent in spies to the city of Jericho to scout the land and to assess what was the value of the land. … God attacks Jericho for Rahab the prostitute.

Walls of Jericho, massive stone walls surrounding an ancient Neolithic settlement in Jericho, built about 8000 bce. These walls, at least 13 feet (4 metres) in height and backed by a watchtower or redoubt some 28 feet tall, were intended to protect the settlement and its water supply from human intruders.