Joshua 12
New Living Translation
Kings Defeated East of the Jordan
12 These are the kings east of the Jordan River who had been killed by the Israelites and whose land was taken. Their territory extended from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon and included all the land east of the Jordan Valley.[a]
2 King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half of the territory of Gilead. 3 Sihon also controlled the Jordan Valley and regions to the east—from as far north as the Sea of Galilee to as far south as the Dead Sea,[b] including the road to Beth-jeshimoth and southward to the slopes of Pisgah.
4 King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei. 5 He ruled a territory stretching from Mount Hermon to Salecah in the north and to all of Bashan in the east, and westward to the borders of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah. This territory included the northern half of Gilead, as far as the boundary of King Sihon of Heshbon.
6 Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites had destroyed the people of King Sihon and King Og. And Moses gave their land as a possession to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Kings Defeated West of the Jordan
7 The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the Israelite armies defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as their possession, 8 including the hill country, the western foothills,[c] the Jordan Valley, the mountain slopes, the Judean wilderness, and the Negev. The people who lived in this region were the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.) These are the kings Israel defeated:
9 The king of Jericho
The king of Ai, near Bethel
10 The king of Jerusalem
The king of Hebron
11 The king of Jarmuth
The king of Lachish
12 The king of Eglon
The king of Gezer
13 The king of Debir
The king of Geder
14 The king of Hormah
The king of Arad
15 The king of Libnah
The king of Adullam
16 The king of Makkedah
The king of Bethel
17 The king of Tappuah
The king of Hepher
18 The king of Aphek
The king of Lasharon
19 The king of Madon
The king of Hazor
20 The king of Shimron-meron
The king of Acshaph
21 The king of Taanach
The king of Megiddo
22 The king of Kedesh
The king of Jokneam in Carmel
23 The king of Dor in the town of Naphoth-dor[d]
The king of Goyim in Gilgal[e]
24 The king of Tirzah.
In all, thirty-one kings were defeated.
Joshua 12
International Standard Version
Kingdoms Conquered by Israel
12 This is a list of the kings who ruled the land that the Israelis conquered, and whose territories they took on the other side of the Jordan River toward the east, from the Arnon River to Mount Hermon, along with the entire eastern Jordan plain.[a] 2 Sihon king of the Amorites lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is located on the edge of the Arnon River[b] from the middle of the valley, including half of Gilead as far as Wadi[c] Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites, 3 and toward the Arabah as far as the Sea of Galilee[d] to the east, as far as the Arabah Sea (that is, the Dead Sea) to the east as one travels in the direction[e] of Beth-jeshimoth, and to the south as far as the foothills of Pisgah.[f] 4 The territory of Og king of Bashan was conquered. He was[g] one of the last of the Rephaim,[h] and lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei, 5 ruling over Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all of Bashan as far as the border of the descendants of Geshur, the descendants of Maacath, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
6 Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelis defeated them. Then Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave it to the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh as their inheritance.[i] 7 This is a list of the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelis defeated beyond the Jordan River toward the west, from Baal-gad in the Lebanon valley as far as Mount Halak, which rises in the direction of Seir. Joshua gave it to Israel, distributing it according to their tribal divisions as their inheritance, 8 in the mountain regions, in the Arabah, on the foothills, in the wilderness, in the Negev;[j] that is, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
9 The king of Jericho: 1
The king of Ai, which is near Bethel: 1
10 The king of Jerusalem: 1
The king of Hebron: 1
11 The king of Jarmuth: 1
The king of Lachish: 1
12 The king of Eglon: 1
The king of Gezer: 1
13 The king of Debir: 1
The king of Geder: 1
14 The king of Hormah: 1
The king of Arad: 1
15 The king of Libnah: 1
The king of Adullam: 1
16 The king of Makkedah: 1
The king of Bethel: 1
17 The king of Tappuach: 1
The king of Hepher: 1
18 The king of Aphek: 1
The king of Lasharon: 1
19 The king of Madon: 1
The king of Hazor: 1
20 The king of Shimron-meron: 1
The king of Achshaph: 1
21 The king of Taanach: 1
The king of Megiddo: 1
22 The king of Kedesh: 1
The king of Jokneam in Carmel: 1
23 The king of Dor in the Dor heights: 1
The king of various[k] gentiles in Gilgal:[l] 1
24 The king of Tirzah: 1
Total number of all kings: 31
Footnotes
- Joshua 12:1 Lit. Arabah
- Joshua 12:2 The Heb. lacks River
- Joshua 12:2 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
- Joshua 12:3 Lit. Chinnereth
- Joshua 12:3 Lit. east in the road
- Joshua 12:3 Lit. Ashdoth-pisgah; perhaps including Mount Nebo
- Joshua 12:4 The Heb. lacks was conquered. He was
- Joshua 12:4 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33
- Joshua 12:6 Or possession
- Joshua 12:8 I.e. the southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
- Joshua 12:23 The Heb. lacks various
- Joshua 12:23 So MT; LXX reads of Goyim in Galilee
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