II. =The Campaigns of the Conquest.= These may be divided as follows: 1. =The Campaigns East= of the Jor'dan. These were during the lifetime of Mo'ses, and gained for Is'ra-el all the territory south of Mount Her'mon. [Illustration: CAMPAIGNS OF THE =CONQUEST=] 1.) The conquest of Gil'e-ad was made at the battle of Ja'haz, near the brook Ar'non (Num. 21. 21-31). In one battle the Is'ra-el-ites gained the land of Gil'e-ad east of the Jor'dan. 2.) The conquest of Ba'shan was completed at the battle of Ed're-i, in the mountainous region (Num. 21. 33-35). 3.) The conquest of Mid'i-an (Num. 31. 1-8) was led by the warrior-priest Phin'e-has, and by smiting the tribes on the east protected the frontier toward the desert. The land won by these three campaigns became the territory of the tribes of Reu'ben, Gad, and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh (Deut. 32). 2. =The Campaigns West of the Jor'dan= were led by Josh'u-a, and showed great tactical skill and resistless energy of action. Josh'u-a led his people across the Jor'dan and established a fortified camp, the center of operations during all his campaigns, at Gil'gal (Josh. 4. 19). 1.) The first invasion was of _Central Pal'es-tine_, beginning with Jer'i-cho (Josh. 6), taking A'i on the way (Josh. 8), and ending with She'chem, which apparently fell without resistance (Josh. 8. 30-33). This campaign gave to Is'ra-el the center of the land and divided their enemies into two sections. 2.) Next came the campaign against _Southern Pal'es-tine_. At this time was fought the battle of Beth-ho'ron (Josh. 10. 10), the most momentous in its results in all history, and one over which, if ever, the sun and moon might well stand still (Josh. 10. 12, 13).[9] After this great victory Josh'u-a pursued his enemies and took the towns as far south as He'bron and De'bir (Josh. 10. 29-39). 3.) Lastly, Josh'u-a conquered _Northern Pal'es-tine_ (Josh. 11). The battle in this campaign was near Lake Me'rom (Josh. 11. 7), and, as before, it was followed by the capture of many cities in the north. Thus in those marches Josh'u-a won all the mountain region of western Pal'es-tine. 3. There were certain =supplementary campaigns=, partly in Josh'u-a's time, partly afterward. 1.) Caleb's capture of He'bron, which had been reoccupied by the Am'or-ites (Josh. 14; Judg. 1. 10-15). 2.) The Ju'dah-ites' capture of Be'zek, an unknown place between Je-ru'sa-lem and the Phi-lis'tine plain (Judg. 1. 1-8). 3.) The Dan'ites' capture of La'ish, in the extreme north, which afterward bore the name of Dan (Judg. 18). But, after all these campaigns, a large part of the land was still unsubdued, and the war of the conquest did not end until the days of Da'vid by whom every foe was finally placed under foot. III. =General Aspects of Is'ra-el at the Close of the Conquest.=