“After many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Joshua 23 contains 16 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.