Would the generation after Joshua rise and complete what Joshua and his contemporaries had begun?
Judges 2:10 (ESV)
10And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD or the work that he had done for Israel.
This verse suggests that this question will receive a negative answer.1
10 And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD or the work that he had done for Israel.