(19) Assembles the Hebrews. After Joshua had governed the Hebrews seventeen, or perhaps twenty-five years, he, finding his end approaching, assembled the Hebrews, rehearsed to them what God had done for them, and made them renew their solemn engagements to worship and serve him at Shechem, a place already famous in con nection with Jacob (Gen. xxxv:4), and Joseph (Josh. xxiv :32).
(20) Death. He died aged one hundred and ten, and was buried at Timnath-serah, his own city (Josh. xxiv :29, 3o).
(21) Character. Joshua's life has been noted as one of the very few which are recorded in his tory with some fullness of detail. In his character have been traced, under an Oriental garb, such features as cbiefly kindled the imagination of western chroniclers and poets in the Middle Ages; the character of a devout warrior, who has been taught by serving as a youth how to command as a man; who earns by manly vigor a quiet, hon ored old age; who combines strength with gen tleness, ever looking up for and obeying the di vine impulse with the simplicity of a child, while he wields great power, and directs it calmly, and without swerving, to the accomplishment of a high, unselfish purpose. (Smith, Bib. Diet.) (See CANTAANtrEs.) Figurative. Holy Scripture itself suggests (Heb. iv:8) the consideration of Joshua as a type of Christ. Many of the Christian Fathers have
enlarged upon this view. (See Bishop Pearson, who has collected their opinions On the Creed. Art. ii, pp. 87-9o, and 94-96, ed. 1843).
2. A Beth-shemite (I Sam. vi :14), the owner of the field into which the cart came which bore the ark on its return from the land of the Philis tines. (B. C. about 1076.) 3. The governor of thc city of Jerusalem at the commencement of the reign of Josiah. He gave his name to one of the city gates (2 Kings xxiii :8), B. C. 62t.
4. Joshua or Jeshua, the son of JOZADAK, or JosEnscu, was high•priest of the Jews when they returned from Babylon. He assisted Zerubbabel in rebuilding the temple. Zechariah saw him rep resented as standing before the Lord in filthy gar ments, and Satan standing at his right hand to ac cuse and resist him ; but the Angel of Jehovah re buked the devil, and arrayed Joshua in pure raiment. Not long after, Zechariah was directed to make a golden crown for him (Ezra iv:3; Hag. i:t; Zech. iii and vi).
FiguratiVe. Did not he prefigure Jesus, as the High-Priest, Builder, and Savior of his church, who, though once laden with our iniquities, and in the likeness of sinful flesh, is now glorious in his apparel, and crowned with many crowns? Brown.