Joshua 12 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Kings Defeated by Israel

(cf. Num 21:21–35 )

Jos 12:1Now these are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel overcame, taking as their heritage their land on the east side of Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east:

Jos 12:2

Jos 12:2Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was living in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, as far as the river Jabbok, the limits of the children of Ammon;

Jos 12:3

Jos 12:3And the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, to the east, and to the sea of the Arabah, that is the Salt Sea, to the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:

Jos 12:4

Jos 12:4And the land of Og, king of Bashan, of the rest of the Rephaim, who was living at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

Jos 12:5

Jos 12:5Ruling in the mountain of Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, as far as the limits of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, to the land of Sihon, king of Heshbon.

Jos 12:6

Jos 12:6Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel overcame them; and Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave their land for a heritage to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Jos 12:7

Jos 12:7And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel overcame on the west side of Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave the land to the tribes of Israel for a heritage, in keeping with their divisions;

Jos 12:8

Jos 12:8In the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and on the mountain slopes, and in the waste land, and in the South; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Jos 12:9

Jos 12:9The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Beth-el, one;

Jos 12:10

Jos 12:10The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

Jos 12:11

Jos 12:11The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

Jos 12:12

Jos 12:12The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

Jos 12:13

Jos 12:13The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

Jos 12:14

Jos 12:14The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;