Cities First and Last

Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

Hosea 5:8 (spoke 6, Cycle 2)

All three highlighted names in the verse above make their first appearance in Joshua and their last appearance in Hosea. This is an example fo the exceedingly deep integration between Joshua and Hosea based on the first and last appearances of proper nouns, as listed below. Most are names of cities, but there also are names of two valleys and one individual in the list. I have only just begun seriously reviewing this phenomenon and would greatful if the reader would send me any elements he or she finds that are not in the list. This kind of coordinated placement of words is reminiscent of the coordinated debuts found in Genesis and Isaiah on Spoke 1.

• ("Gibeah") ^[Verify] First: Joshua 15.57, Last: Hosea 10.9
• ("Ramah") ^[Verify] First: Joshua 18.25, Last: Hosea 5.8
• ("Bethaven") ^[Verify] First: Joshua 7.2, Last: Hosea 10.5
• ("Tabor") ^[Verify] First: Joshua 19.22, Last: Hosea 5.1
• ("Jezreel") ^[Verify] First: Joshua 15.56, Last: Hosea 2.22
• ("Valley of Jezreel") ^[Verify] First: Joshua 17.16, Last: Hosea 1.5
• ("Valley of Achor") ^[Verify] First: Joshua 7.24, Last: Hosea 2.15

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