Joshua 12

1 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:

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 lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of the people 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 the Arabah to the sea of Kinnereth, eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth Jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of 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 border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived 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 ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half of Gilead, as far as 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 Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel struck them. Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession to 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 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to 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 hill country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the Negev; the Hethite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

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 Bethel, 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 Bethel, 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 Hazor, one;

Madon, Hazor,

20 the king of Shim'on, one; the king of Maron, 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 in Carmel, one;

Kedesh, Jokneam in the Carmel area,

23 the king of Dor in Naphath Dor, one; the king of Goyim in Galilee, one;

Dor in the Naphoth-Dor area, Goyim in the Gilgal area,

24 the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty-one.

and Tirzah. There was a total of 31 kings [that the Israeli army defeated].