JoshuaChapter 12

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¹These are the kings of the land that the Israelites defeated east of the Jordan. The Israelites took their land. It went from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon. It took in all the Arabah on the east side. ²First was Sihon king of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley, from the middle of the valley. His land went up to the Jabbok River, which was the border of the Ammonites. That was half of Gilead. ³He also ruled the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth. It went down to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). It went east toward Beth-jeshimoth. It went south below the slopes of Pisgah. ⁴Next was Og king of Bashan. He was one of the last of the Rephaim. He lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.a ⁵He ruled Mount Hermon and Salecah. He ruled all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He ruled half of Gilead, up to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. ⁶Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had defeated them. Moses gave their land to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh to own. ⁷These are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites defeated west of the Jordan. Their land went from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel to own. He divided it among them. ⁸It was the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev. It was the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.) Here are the kings: ⁹the king of Jericho, one;
the king of Ai, 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, one;
the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one; ²⁴and the king of Tirzah, one.
There were thirty-one kings in all.