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Transjordan and in a period probably of a few months conquered the whole land of canaan, expelled or slaughtered the canaanites, divided up the whole land among the 12 tribes, then joshua gives a sermon at the end, and its all over. >> reporter: jericho is a highlight now on most holy land tours. the pilgrims are drawn here by the violent version of how the israelites came into the promised land. but its unlikely that this is actually how it happened. >> people forget that there are two versions...

A few days after we visited jericho our team was invited to the graduation ceremony for jonathan friedland and his elite unit of the israeli defense force cadets. >> just like joshua and his troops came to israel and had their battles here and were able to live here, im just continuing it just like my brother did it and my father did it and my grandfather did it. and that goes back all the way to the bible days. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: they had marched 175 kilometers overnigh...

Biblical times, its hard to believe that this was the promised land that moses tried for so long to reach but never did. until an unexpected patch of green comes into view, signaling our arrival into the biblical city of palms, jericho. >> jerichos one of the most interesting cities in the ancient near east. theres a spring there thats still gushing out. hundreds of gallons of water per minute. its always been a beautiful place to live. this oasis in what is now the middle of the desert. >> repo...

The heart in biblical times, its hard to believe that this was the promised land that moses tried for so long to reach but never did. until an unexpected batch of green comes into view signaling our arrival into jericho. >> jericho is one of the most interesting cities. theres a spring there thats still gushing out hundreds of gallons of water per minute. its a beautiful place to live. this oasis in what is now the middle of the desert. >> its believed to be the oldest continuously habited commu...

Community in the world. traces of 23 distinct civilizations have been found in a small archaeological part on the outskirts of town. but what draws pilgrims from around the world is actually the biblical account of how one of these ancient civilizations may have disappeared. flying over the sprawling modern day jericho, we can just see the footprint of ancient jericho where the bible tells us joshua led his people in their first conquest of life in the promised land. the bible tells us before hi...

Footprint of ancient jericho where the bible tells us joshua led his people in their first conquest of life in the promised land. the bible tells us before his death of mount nibo, moses chose a man named joshua to lead the israelites on the last leg of their journey. >> we have this handing over of one generation to the next. where moses and his generation have been wandering. joshua is more action packed. its where they come in and take over. >> as told in the book of joshua, the conquest has ...

Would they tell us? and can a war correspondent who has seen all that tears us apart discover what it is that can bring us together? "back to the beginning with christian amanpour" continues. driving through the region today known as the west bank, the heart in biblical times, its hard to believe that this was the promised land that moses tried for so long to reach but never did. until an unexpected batch of green comes into view signaling our arrival into jericho. >> jericho is one of the mos...