Joshua 12:1-6
Lexham English Bible
The Kings Conquered by Joshua
12 These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites[a] defeated, and of whose land they took possession beyond the Jordon to the east,[b] from the wadi[c] of Arnon up to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah[d] to the east: 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the wadi[e] of Arnon, from the middle of the valley and half of Gilead, up to the Jabbok River,[f] which marks the border of the Ammonites;[g] 3 and the Arabah[h] up to the Kinnereth Sea[i] to the east, and as far as the sea of Arabah, the Salt Sea[j] to the east, in the direction of[k] Beth Jeshimoth, and to the area southward, at the foot of[l] the slopes of Pisgah;[m] 4 the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei 5 and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and over all Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites[n] and the Maacathites,[o] and half of Gilead, as far as the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. 6 Moses Yahweh’s servant and the Israelites[p] defeated them; and Moses Yahweh’s servant gave it as a possession to the Reubenites,[q] the Gadites,[r] and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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- Joshua 12:1 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Joshua 12:1 Literally “to the rising of the sun”
- Joshua 12:1 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- Joshua 12:1 A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley
- Joshua 12:2 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- Joshua 12:2 Literally “Jabbok the wadi”
- Joshua 12:2 Literally “sons of Ammon” or “children of Ammon”
- Joshua 12:3 A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley
- Joshua 12:3 That is, the Sea of Galilee
- Joshua 12:3 That is, the Dead Sea
- Joshua 12:3 Literally “the way of”
- Joshua 12:3 Literally “under”
- Joshua 12:3 Or Ashdoth Pisgah
- Joshua 12:5 Hebrew “Geshurite”
- Joshua 12:5 Hebrew “Maacathite”
- Joshua 12:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Joshua 12:6 Hebrew “Reubenite”
- Joshua 12:6 Hebrew “Gadite”
Joshua 12:1-6
New International Version
List of Defeated Kings
12 These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took(A) over east of the Jordan,(B) from the Arnon(C) Gorge to Mount Hermon,(D) including all the eastern side of the Arabah:(E)
2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.(F)
He ruled from Aroer(G) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge—from the middle of the gorge—to the Jabbok River,(H) which is the border of the Ammonites.(I) This included half of Gilead.(J) 3 He also ruled over the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Galilee[a](K) to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea(L)), to Beth Jeshimoth,(M) and then southward below the slopes of Pisgah.(N)
4 And the territory of Og king of Bashan,(O) one of the last of the Rephaites,(P) who reigned in Ashtaroth(Q) and Edrei.
5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah,(R) all of Bashan(S) to the border of the people of Geshur(T) and Maakah,(U) and half of Gilead(V) to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
6 Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites conquered them.(W) And Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh to be their possession.(X)
Footnotes
- Joshua 12:3 Hebrew Kinnereth
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