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For better or for worse. however you view that kind of image. whether that's one of excitement and action or that's one of hey, this is war, and war can be ugly. >> reporter: in this war the bible makes clear that no prisoners should be taken alive. every man, woman, and child should be slaughtered. and according to the bible, this bloody battle was just the first stop on joshua's campaign. >> now, according to the book of joshua, the israelite troops invaded en masse from transjordan and in a period probably of a few months conquered the whole land of canaan, expelled or slaughtered the canaa...

Against their own aristocracy for their unjust dealings with the people. >> reporter: but they also offered hope. the prophet isaiah comforts the king of judah, predicting the birth of a child called emanuel, which literally means god is with us. >> and what he says is when that kid is still young enough to be eating baby food the enemies you're worried about will be gone. they'll be conquered. >> a couple of centuries later the gospel of matthew picks up that prophecy in isaiah. >> reporter: but it's unlikely that isaiah intended his prophecies to hold such meaning even centuries later, much ...

Warrior. >> the bible tells us that joshua conquered jericho by walking around the city seven times. ♪ he marched around the wall seven times ♪ >> reporter: the whole time carrying the mystical ark of the covenant, which the bible describes as having special powers. >> god at that moment causes the walls to crumble and to fall down. and it's at that moment you that just get this image of them just rushing in on the city and flooding in and taking it over for better or for worse. however you view that kind of image. whether that's one of excitement and action or that's one of hey, this is w...

>> reporter: but they also offered hope. the prophet isaiah comforts the king of judah, predicting the birth of a child called emanuel, which literally means god is with us. >> and what he says is when that kid is still young enough to be eating baby food the enemies you're worried about will be gone. they'll be conquered. >> a couple of centuries later the gospel of matthew picks up that prophecy in isaiah. >> reporter: but it's unlikely that isaiah intended his prophecies to hold such meaning even centuries later, much less in our own day. >> people didn't write down and pass on the stories ...

Joshua conquered jericho by walking around the city seven times. ♪ he marched around the wall seven times ♪ >> reporter: the whole time carrying the mystical ark of the covenant, which the bible describes as having special powers. >> god at that moment causes the walls to crumble and to fall down. and it's at that moment you that just get this image of them just rushing in on the city and flooding in and taking it over for better or for worse. however you view that kind of image. whether that's one of excitement and action or that's one of hey, this is war, and war can be ugly. >> reporter...