< Joshua 12 >

1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
The Israelis took control of the land that was east of the Jordan River, from the Arnon River gorge [in the south] to Hermon Mountain [in the north], including all the land on the eastern side of the Jordan [River] Valley. That land previously belonged to the two kings whose armies the Israelis defeated.
2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
One of them was Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. He lived in Heshbon [city] and ruled over the area from Aroer [town] along the Arnon River Gorge, north to the Jabbok River. His land started in the middle of the gorge, which was the border between his land and the land of the Ammon people-group. Sihon also ruled over [the southern] half of the Gilead region,
3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth–jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth–pisgah:
and over the land on the eastern side of the Jordan [River] Valley, from Galilee Lake [south] to the Dead Sea. He also ruled over the land [east of the Dead Sea] from Beth-Jeshimoth south to the side of Pisgah Mountain.
4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
The other king whom the Israeli army defeated was Og, the king of the Bashan [region]. He was the last of the descendants of [the giant] Rapha. He ruled that land, living alternately in Ashtaroth and Edrei [cities].
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, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
He ruled over the area from Hermon Mountain and Salecah [in the north], and over all the Bashan area in the east, and to the borders of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah to the west. Og ruled [the northern] half of the Gilead region, as far as the border of the land ruled by King Sihon.
6 Them did Moses the servant of Yhwh and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of Yhwh gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
Moses, the man who served Yahweh [well], and all the Israeli army defeated the armies of those kings. Then Moses gave that land to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh.
7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
Joshua and the Israeli army also defeated kings who ruled over the land on the west side of the Jordan [River]. He gave that land to the Israeli people, dividing it among the other tribes. That land was between Baal-Gad [city] in the Lebanon Valley [in the far north all the way south] to Halak Mountain, which is near the land of the Edom people-group.
8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
That land included the mountains, the western hilly area, the Jordan [River] Valley, the [western] slopes of the mountains, the desert [in Judea], and the Negev [desert in the south]. That whole area was the land where the Heth, Amor, Canaan, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups lived. The Israeli army defeated the armies of the kings of each of these cities:
9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth–el, one;
Jericho, Ai (which was near Bethel),
10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
Jerusalem, Hebron,
11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
Jarmuth, Lachish,
12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
Eglon, Gezer,
13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
Debir, Geder,
14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
Hormah, Arad,
15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Libnah, Adullam,
16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth–el, one;
Makkedah, Bethel,
17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
Tappuah, Hepher,
18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
Aphek, Lasharon,
19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
Madon, Hazor,
20 The king of Shimron–meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
Shimron Meron, Acshaph,
21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
Taanach, Megiddo,
22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
Kedesh, Jokneam in the Carmel area,
23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
Dor in the Naphoth-Dor area, Goyim in the Gilgal area,
24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
and Tirzah. There was a total of 31 kings [that the Israeli army defeated].

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