III. THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN. Leadership of JOSHUA. Passage of the Jordan. Capture of Jericho. Submission of the Gibeonites. Division of the land among the tribes. The _Jebusites_ and others permitted to keep their territory. The TABERNACLE at Shiloh. Death of Joshua. IV. THE ERA OF THE JUDGES. JUDGES. 1. Othniel, 2. Ehud, 3. Shamgar, 4. Deborah and Barak, 5. Gideon, 6. Abimelech, 7. Thola, 8. Jair, 9. Jephthah, 10. Samson, 11. Ibzon, 12. Elon, 13. Abdon, 14. Eli, 15. Samuel. Othniel delivers the southern tribes from an Idumæan king. Ehud routs Eglon, king of Moab. Shamgar opposes the Philistines. DEBORAH and Barak defeat Sisera, Jabin’s general, at Mount Tabor. GIDEON routs the Midianites under Zebah and Zalmunna. Abimelech leader of the Shechemites. JEPHTHAH repulses the Ammonites in the trans-Jordanic provinces. SAMSON keeps the Philistines at bay. Eli, priest and judge. The Ark captured by the Philistines at Aphek. =Samuel=, judge and prophet. Levitical and prophetical schools formed. V. THE KINGDOM. (1067-977 B. C. E.) KINGS. Saul, David, Solomon. =1067.= =Saul= anointed king. The Philistines defeated at Michmash. Jabesh-Gilead saved from the Ammonites. Agag, king of Amalek, defeated. =David= anointed king. The Gibeonites massacred by order of Saul. David slays Goliath. David flees before Saul, and leads the life of an outlaw. He is on friendly terms with the king of Moab, with Nahash, the Ammonite king, and Achish, the Philistine king. ZADOK high priest. 1055. Saul and Jonathan die in a battle with the Philistines near Mount Gilboa. 1055. David king of Judah; Ishbosheth king of the trans-Jordanic tribes. 1051-1049. Civil war between the houses of Saul and David. _David sole king_ of the whole people; reigns at Hebron for seven years. Nathan and Gad prophets. Jerusalem made the capital after the conquest of the Jebusites. The Philistines defeated at Mount Baal-Perazim.