Joshua 12

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Kings Defeated by Israel

12 The Israelites took control of the land east of the Jordan River from the Arnon ·Ravine [Gorge; Valley; ^Centers the middle of Dead Sea from the east] to Mount Hermon [^Cin the far north] and all the land along the eastern side of the ·Jordan Valley [or Arabah]. These ·lands belonged to the kings [were the kings of the land] whom the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] defeated.

² Sihon king of the Amorites [Num. 21:21–30; Deut. 1:4; 2:24–37; 29:7–8] ·lived in [or ruled] the city of Heshbon and ruled the land from Aroer ·at [or on the edge/rim of] the Arnon ·Ravine [Gorge; Valley] to the Jabbok River [^Cflows from the northeast into the Jordan about 20 miles north of the Dead Sea]. His land started in the middle of the ravine, which was their border with the Ammonites. Sihon ruled over half the land of Gilead [^Cthe region east of the Jordan between Galilee and just north of the Dead Sea] ³ and over the eastern side of the ·Jordan Valley [or Arabah] from Lake ·Galilee [^LKinnereth] to the ·Dead Sea [^LSea of Arabah, the Salt Sea]. And he ruled from Beth Jeshimoth south to the slopes of Pisgah [Deut. 34:1].

⁴ Og king of Bashan was one of the ·last [remnant] of the Rephaites. He ·ruled [or lived in] the land in Ashtaroth and Edrei [^Ccities east and southeast of Galilee]. ⁵ He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all the area of Bashan [^Ceast and northeast of Galilee] up to ·where the people of Geshur and Maacah lived [^Lthe border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites]. Og also ruled half the land of Gilead up to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

⁶ The Lord’s servant Moses and the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] defeated all these kings, and Moses gave that land to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to ·East [^Lthe half-tribe of] Manasseh as their own [13:8–32; Deut. 3:12–13].

⁷ Joshua and the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] also defeated kings in the land west of the Jordan River. He gave the people the land ·and divided it among the twelve tribes to be their own [^Laccording to their tribal divisions]. It was between Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon [^Cthe far north] and Mount Halak near ·Edom [^LSeir; ^Cthe far south]. ⁸ This included the ·mountains [hill country], the ·western foothills [lowlands; ^LShephelah], the ·Jordan Valley [^LArabah], the slopes, the ·desert [wilderness], and ·southern Canaan [^Lthe Negev]. This was the land where the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites had lived. The Israelites defeated the king of each of the following cities: ⁹ ·Jericho [^Lthe king of Jericho, one; ^Cand so throughout the list], Ai (near Bethel), ¹⁰ Jerusalem, Hebron, ¹¹ Jarmuth, Lachish, ¹² Eglon, Gezer, ¹³ Debir, Geder, ¹⁴ Hormah, Arad, ¹⁵ Libnah, Adullam, ¹⁶ Makkedah, Bethel, ¹⁷ Tappuah, Hepher, ¹⁸ Aphek, Lasharon, ¹⁹ Madon, Hazor, ²⁰ Shimron Meron, Acshaph, ²¹ Taanach, Megiddo, ²² Kedesh, Jokneam ·in [or near] Carmel, ²³ Dor (in Naphoth Dor), Goyim in Gilgal, and ²⁴ Tirzah.

The total number of kings was thirty-one.