Joshua 12
EasyEnglish Bible
Kingdoms on the east side of the Jordan River
12 The Israelites killed these kings who ruled on the east side of the Jordan River. They destroyed them and they took their land. Their land went from the Arnon valley to Hermon mountain. It included all the land on the east side of the Jordan Valley.
2 They killed Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled half of the Gilead region. That is from Aroer that was on the edge of the Arnon valley, as far as the Jabbok river. The Ammonites had the land on the other side of the river. 3 King Sihon's land also went along the east side of the Jordan Valley from the sea of Galilee to the Salt Sea. His land went south to Beth Jeshimoth and as far as Pisgah mountain.
4 They killed Og, king of Bashan. He was one of the last Rephaites. He lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei. 5 He ruled the land from Hermon mountain and Salecah in the north, and all of the Bashan region in the east. His land went as far as the borders of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maakah. He ruled half of the Gilead region, as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.
6 The Lord's servant, Moses, and the Israelites won against these kings. Moses gave their land to the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh to live in.[a]
Kingdoms on the west side of the Jordan River
7 Joshua and the Israelites killed these kings who ruled on the west side of the Jordan River. Joshua gave these kings' land to the Israelite tribes for them to live in. He gave a different piece of land to each tribe. Their land went from Baal Gad in the Lebanon valley to Halak mountain, which is near Seir. 8 This included the hill country, the low hills in the west, the Jordan Valley, the mountains, the wilderness and the Negev. That was the land that belonged to the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9 Joshua took the land of these kings:
king of Jericho,
king of Ai (near Bethel),
10 king of Jerusalem,
king of Hebron,
11 king of Jarmuth,
king of Lachish,
12 king of Eglon,
king of Gezer,
13 king of Debir,
king of Geder,
14 king of Hormah,
king of Arad,
15 king of Libnah,
king of Adullam,
16 king of Makkedah,
king of Bethel,
17 king of Tappuah,
king of Hepher,
18 king of Aphek,
king of Lasharon,
19 king of Madon,
king of Hazor,
20 king of Shimron Meron,
king of Acshaph,
21 king of Taanach,
king of Megiddo,
22 king of Kedesh,
king of Jokneam in Carmel,
23 king of Dor in Naphoth Dor,
king of Goyim in Gilgal,
24 king of Tirzah.
Joshua and the Israelites took the land of these 31 kings.[b]
Joshua 12
1599 Geneva Bible
12 1, 7 What kings Joshua and the children of Israel killed on both sides of Jordan. 24 Which were in number thirty and one.
1 And these are the Kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote and possessed their land on the [a]other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon, unto mount Hermon, and all the plain Eastward.
2 (A)Sihon king of the Amorites, that dwelt in Heshbon, having dominion from Aroer, which is beside the river of Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead unto the river of Jabbok, in the border of the children of Ammon.
3 And from the plain unto the sea of Chinneroth Eastward, and unto the sea of the [b]plain, even the salt sea Eastward, the way to Beth Jeshimoth, and from the South under the [c]springs of (B)Pisgah.
4 ¶ They conquered also the coast of Og king of Bashan of the (C)remnant of the giants, which dwelt at Ashtaroth, and at Edrei,
5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites, and the Maachathites, and half Gilead: even the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
6 Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel smote them: (D)Moses also the servant of the Lord gave their land for a possession unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh.
7 ¶ These also are the kings of the country, which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan, Westward from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon, even unto the mount [d]Halak that goeth up to Seir, and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a possession, according to their portions.
8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the [e]hillsides, and in the wilderness, and in the South, where were the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
9 ¶ (E)The King of Jericho was one: (F)the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one:
10 (G)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 (H)king of Gezer, one:
13 The (I)king of Debir, one: the king of Geder, one:
14 The king of Hormah, one: the king of Arad, one:
15 The (J)king of Libnah, one: the king of Adullam, one:
16 The (K)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 (L)king of Hazor, one:
20 The king of Shimron Meron, one: the king of Achshaph, one:
21 The king of Taanach, one: the king of Megiddo, one:
22 The king of Kedesh, one: the king of Jokneam [f]of Carmel, one:
23 The king of Dor, in the country of Dor, one: the king of the (M)nations of Gilgal, one:
24 The king of Tirzah, one. All the kings were thirty and one.
Footnotes
- Joshua 12:1 From Gilgal where Joshua camped.
- Joshua 12:3 Or, wilderness.
- Joshua 12:3 Or, hillsides.
- Joshua 12:7 Read Josh. 11:17.
- Joshua 12:8 Or, in Ashdoth.
- Joshua 12:22 Or, near unto Carmel.
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