Territory East of the Jordan
12 The Israelites struck down the following kings of the land and took possession of their land beyond the Jordan to the east and from the Arnon River to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:(A)
2 King Sihon of the Amorites lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer(B) on the rim of the Arnon River, along the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites(C)), 3 the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth[a] to the Sea of Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth(D) and southward[b] below the slopes of Pisgah.(E)
4 King Og[c] of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.(F) 5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all Bashan up to the Geshurite and Maacathite border, and half of Gilead to the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.(G) 6 Moses the Lord’s servant(H) and the Israelites struck them(I) down. And Moses the Lord’s servant gave their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.(J)
Territory West of the Jordan
7 Joshua and the Israelites struck down the following kings of the land beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak,(K) which ascends toward Seir (Joshua gave their land as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments: 8 the hill country, the Judean foothills,[d] the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hethites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):
9 the king of Jericho(L) | one |
the king of Ai,(M) which is next to Bethel | one |
10 the king of Jerusalem(N) | 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 Achshaph | 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[e] | one |
the king of Goiim in Gilgal[f] | one |
24 the king of Tirzah | one |
the total number of all kings: | thirty-one. |
Footnotes
- 12:3 = Galilee
- 12:3 Or and from Teman
- 12:4 LXX; MT reads The territory of Og
- 12:8 Or the Shephelah
- 12:23 Or in the Slopes of Dor
- 12:23 LXX reads Galilee
Cross references
- 12:1 : Dt 3:8–9
- 12:2 : Dt 2:36
- 12:2 : Dt 3:16
- 12:3 : Jos 13:20
- 12:3 : Jos 11:2
- 12:4 : Dt 1:4
- 12:5 : Dt 3:10,14
- 12:6 : Nm 32:33; Dt 3:12; Jos 1:1,13,15; 8:31,33; 11:12; 13:8; 14:7; 18:7; 22:2,4–5
- 12:6 : Nm 21:21–35; Dt 2:26–3:11; 29:7; 31:4; Ps 135:11; 136:19–20; Neh 9:22–25
- 12:6 : Dt 3:12–17; 29:8
- 12:7 : Jos 11:16–17
- 12:9 : Jos 6:2
- 12:9 : Jos 8:29
- 12:10 : Jos 10:23