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Joshua 12 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Territory East of the Jordan
Jos 12:1

The Israelites struck down the following kings of the land and took possession of their land beyond the Jordan to the east and from the Arnon River to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

Jos 12:2

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

Jos 12:3

the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth[fn] to the Sea of Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth and southward[fn] below the slopes of Pisgah.

Jos 12:4

King Og[fn] of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

Jos 12:5

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all Bashan up to the Geshurite and Maacathite border, and half of Gilead to the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.

Jos 12:6

Moses the LORD’s servant and the Israelites struck them down. And Moses the LORD’s servant gave their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

Territory West of the Jordan
Jos 12:7

Joshua and the Israelites struck down the following kings of the land beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which ascends toward Seir (Joshua gave their land as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments:

Jos 12:8

the hill country, the Judean foothills,[fn] the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev ​— ​the lands of the Hethites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

Jos 12:9
the king of Jericho one
the king of Ai, which is next to Bethel one
Jos 12:10
the king of Jerusalem one
the king of Hebron one
Jos 12:11
the king of Jarmuth one
the king of Lachish one
Jos 12:12
the king of Eglon one
the king of Gezer one
Jos 12:13
the king of Debir one
the king of Geder one
Jos 12:14
the king of Hormah one
the king of Arad one
Jos 12:15
the king of Libnah one
the king of Adullam one
Jos 12:16
the king of Makkedah one
the king of Bethel one
Jos 12:17
the king of Tappuah one
the king of Hepher one
Jos 12:18
the king of Aphek one
the king of Lasharon one
Jos 12:19
the king of Madon one
the king of Hazor one
Jos 12:20
the king of Shimron-meron one
the king of Achshaph one
Jos 12:21
the king of Taanach one
the king of Megiddo one
Jos 12:22
the king of Kedesh one
the king of Jokneam in Carmel one
Jos 12:23
the king of Dor in Naphath-dor[fn] one
the king of Goiim in Gilgal[fn] one
Jos 12:24
the king of Tirzah one
the total number of all kings: thirty-one.
CSB Footnotes
= Galilee
Or and from Teman
LXX; MT reads The territory of Og
Or the Shephelah
Or in the Slopes of Dor
LXX reads Galilee
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