Joshua 12
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Chapter overview
The chapter records the kings defeated east of the Jordan under Moses and west of the Jordan under Joshua. This ordered remembrance summarizes Israel’s victories from the wilderness boundaries through the hill country and across the land.
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1Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land on the east side of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:
2King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) – including the city in the middle of the valley and half of Gilead – all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.
3His kingdom included the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
4The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei
5and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.
6Moses the Lord’s servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the Lord’s servant assigned their land to Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
7These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir. Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes,
8including the hill country, the lowlands, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev – the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites:
9the king of Jericho (one), the king of Ai – located 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 Acshaph (one),
21the king of Taanach (one), the king of Megiddo (one),
22the king of Kedesh (one), the king of Jokneam near Carmel (one),
23the king of Dor – near Naphath Dor – (one), the king of Goyim – near Gilgal – (one),
24the king of Tirzah (one), a total of thirty-one kings.
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