Joshua 12

Kings Defeated East of the Jordan

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.

Kings Defeated West of the Jordan

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.