Joshua 12

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¹These 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. ✦ ²King 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. ✦ ³Sihon 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, including the road to Beth-jeshimoth and southward to the slopes of Pisgah. ✦ ⁴King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei. ✦ ⁵He 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. ✦ ⁶Moses, 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. ✦ ⁷The 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, ✦ ⁸including the hill country, the western foothills, 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: ✦ ⁹The king of Jericho The king of Ai, near Bethel ✦ ¹⁰The king of Jerusalem The king of Hebron ✦ ¹¹The king of Jarmuth The king of Lachish ✦ ¹²The king of Eglon The king of Gezer ✦ ¹³The king of Debir The king of Geder ✦ ¹⁴The king of Hormah The king of Arad ✦ ¹⁵The king of Libnah The king of Adullam ✦ ¹⁶The king of Makkedah The king of Bethel ✦ ¹⁷The king of Tappuah The king of Hepher ✦ ¹⁸The king of Aphek The king of Lasharon ✦ ¹⁹The king of Madon The king of Hazor ✦ ²⁰The king of Shimron-meron The king of Acshaph ✦ ²¹The king of Taanach The king of Megiddo ✦ ²²The king of Kedesh The king of Jokneam in Carmel ✦ ²³The king of Dor in the town of Naphoth-dor The king of Goyim in Gilgal ✦ ²⁴The king of Tirzah. In all, thirty-one kings were defeated. ✦

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