A prophet, who according to the sages was Pinchas, comes from the Gilgal to rebuke the children of Israel for not expelling the inhabitants of the land.

The prophet lists the tribes that failed to disinherit the local Canaanites from their portions. In this shiur, we bring sources to show hw the mitzvah to "drive out" supersedes the mitzvah "to dwell".

The tribe of Yosef conquers Bet El, but the rest of the tribes fail to dispossess the Canaanites from their portion

The Kenites join Yehuda, Yehuda conquers Tzfat and captures Gaza.

The tribe of Yehuda, led by Kalev ben Yefuna, conquer their ancestral inheritance.

We begin with an introduction to the Book of Judges, and then get into the wars....

We solve the mystery - what was the cause of the harsh punishment? Why did it all end up on the Temple Mt? What do we learn from the discrepancies in Chronicles on Shmuel on this episode?

A destructive angel kills 70,000 people, and then threatens Jerusalem. David buys the threshing floor on the Temple Mount to halt the plague.

Sisera escapes from the battlefield into the tent of Yael, who kills him with a tent peg.

Under King David's orders, Yoav makes the rounds and counts the nation.