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. >> in this war, the bible makes clear that no prisoner 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 enmass from jordan and in the period probably of a few months conquered the whole land of canaan, slaughtered the people and divided up among the tribes and then joshua gives a sermon at the end and then it's all over. >> jericho is a highlight now on most holy land tours. the pilgrims are drawn here by the violent version of how the