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A:In the Old Testament Book of Joshua, he fought against many of the highland cities of the Canaanites, including Jericho, Ai, Hazor and many others. In almost every case, he completed his victory by acts of total genocide, even killing all the women and children. Chapter 1 of the Book of Judges contains a fragmentary story in which Joshua was not the leader who conquered these cities, but Caleb led the tribe of Judah to conquer the same cities.

The reason for the differences between Joshua and that fragmentary account is that Joshua was the traditional hero of the northern kingdom of Israel, while Caleb was the traditional hero of Judah. In fact, scholars say that there never was a military conquest of Canaan as described in The Bible.

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