Kings Defeated by Joshua

And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the people of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to (A)Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession (B)according to their allotments, (C)in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb, the land of (D)the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites): (E)the king of Jericho, one; (F)the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; 10 (G)the king of Jerusalem, one; (H)the king of Hebron, one; 11 (I)the king of Jarmuth, one; (J)the king of Lachish, one; 12 (K)the king of Eglon, one; (L)the king of Gezer, one; 13 (M)the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 14 the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; 15 (N)the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 16 (O)the king of Makkedah, one; (P)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 (Q)the king of Madon, one; (R)the king of Hazor, one; 20 (S)the king of Shimron-meron, one; (T)the king of Achshaph, one; 21 (U)the king of Taanach, one; (V)the king of Megiddo, one; 22 the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; 23 (W)the king of Dor in (X)Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee,[a] one; 24 the king of Tirzah, one: in all, thirty-one kings.

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  1. Joshua 12:23 Septuagint; Hebrew Gilgal

Kings Defeated West of the Jordan

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, including the hill country, the western foothills,[a] 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:

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[b]
The king of Goyim in Gilgal[c]
24 The king of Tirzah.

In all, thirty-one kings were defeated.

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  1. 12:8 Hebrew the Shephelah.
  2. 12:23a Hebrew Naphath-dor, a variant spelling of Naphoth-dor.
  3. 12:23b Greek version reads Goyim in Galilee.