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Joshua 12

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1Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

3And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:footnote afootnote b

4And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

5And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

6Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

7And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

8In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

9The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;

10The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

11The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

12The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

13The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

14The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

15The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

16The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;

17The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

18The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;footnote c

19The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

20The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

21The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

22The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

23The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;

24The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

Footnotes

  1. a 12:3 the south: or, Teman
  2. b 12:3 Ashdoth-pisgah: or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill
  3. c 12:18 Lasharon: or, Sharon

The Kings Defeated East of the Jordan

1Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

2Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead, 3as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnerethfootnote a to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Seafootnote b), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

4And Og king of Bashan,footnote c one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei. 5He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

6Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

The Kings Defeated West of the Jordan

7And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance 8the hill country, the foothills,footnote d the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

9the king of Jericho, one;
the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;

10the king of Jerusalem, one;
the king of Hebron, one;

11the king of Jarmuth, one;
the king of Lachish, one;

12the king of Eglon, one;
the king of Gezer, one;

13the king of Debir, one;
the king of Geder, one;

14the king of Hormah, one;
the king of Arad, one;

15the king of Libnah, one;
the king of Adullam, one;

16the king of Makkedah, one;
the king of Bethel, one;

17the king of Tappuah, one;
the king of Hepher, one;

18the king of Aphek, one;
the king of Lasharon, one;

19the king of Madon, one;
the king of Hazor, one;

20the king of Shimron-meron, one;
the king of Achshaph, one;

21the king of Taanach, one;
the king of Megiddo, one;

22the king of Kedesh, one;
the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

23the king of Dor in Naphath-dor,footnote e one;
the king of Goiim in Gilgal,footnote f one;

24and the king of Tirzah, one.
So there were thirty-one kings in all.

Footnotes

  1. a 12:3 That is, the Sea of Galilee
  2. b 12:3 That is, the Dead Sea
  3. c 12:4 LXX; Hebrew And the territory of Og king of Bashan
  4. d 12:8 Hebrew Shephelah or lowlands; that is, the western foothills of Judea
  5. e 12:23 Or in the heights of Dor; Naphath-dor is a variant of Naphoth-dor; see Joshua 11:2.
  6. f 12:23 Hebrew; LXX Goyim in Galilee

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