Joshua 12
Kings Defeated East of the Jordan
1. 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 9 The king of Ai, near Bethel
10. The king of Jerusalem 10 The king of Hebron
11. The king of Jarmuth 11 The king of Lachish
12. The king of Eglon 12 The king of Gezer
13. The king of Debir 13 The king of Geder
14. The king of Hormah 14 The king of Arad
15. The king of Libnah 15 The king of Adullam
16. The king of Makkedah 16 The king of Bethel
17. The king of Tappuah 17 The king of Hepher
18. The king of Aphek 18 The king of Lasharon
19. The king of Madon 19 The king of Hazor
20. The king of Shimron-meron 20 The king of Acshaph
21. The king of Taanach 21 The king of Megiddo
22. The king of Kedesh 22 The king of Jokneam in Carmel
23. The king of Dor in the town of Naphoth-dor[d] 23 The king of Goyim in Gilgal[e]
24. The king of Tirzah. 24 In all, thirty-one kings were defeated.
Footnotes:
a. 12:1: Hebrew the Arabah; also in 12:3, 8.
b. 12:3: Hebrew from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah, which is the Salt Sea.
c. 12:8: Hebrew the Shephelah.
d. 12:23a: Hebrew Naphath-dor, a variant spelling of Naphoth-dor.
e. 12:23b: Greek version reads Goyim in Galilee.