Joshua 12

1 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.

Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

2 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,

Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,

3 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.

as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

4 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].

And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

5 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.

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

6 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.

Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

7 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.

And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance

8 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:

the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

9 Jericho, Ai (which was near Bethel),

the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;

10 Jerusalem, Hebron,

the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

11 Jarmuth, Lachish,

the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

12 Eglon, Gezer,

the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

13 Debir, Geder,

the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

14 Hormah, Arad,

the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

15 Libnah, Adullam,

the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

16 Makkedah, Bethel,

the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

17 Tappuah, Hepher,

the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

18 Aphek, Lasharon,

the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

19 Madon, Hazor,

the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

20 Shimron Meron, Acshaph,

the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

21 Taanach, Megiddo,

the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

22 Kedesh, Jokneam in the Carmel area,

the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

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

the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;

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

and the king of Tirzah, one. So there were thirty-one kings in all.