Joshua 12

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.

The Kings Conquered by Moses

⁷ These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites^[s] defeated beyond to the Jordan to the west, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon,^[t] and up to Mount Halak, which rises to Seir. And Joshua gave it as a possession to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments, ⁸ in the hill country, the Shephelah,^[u] the Arabah,^[v] on the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negev;^[w] the Hittites,^[x] the Amorites,^[y] the Canaanites,^[z] the Perizzites,^[aa] the Hivites,^[ab] and the Jebusites:^[ac]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²³ the king of Dor in Naphath Dor, one; the king of Goiim for Gilgal, one;

²⁴ the king of Tirzah, one; all the kings, thirty-one.