Joshua 12 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Kings Defeated East of the Jordan

(cf. Num 21:21–35 )

Jos 12:1These 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.[fn]

Jos 12:2

Jos 12:2King 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.

Jos 12:3

Jos 12:3Sihon 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,[fn] including the road to Beth-jeshimoth and southward to the slopes of Pisgah.

Jos 12:4

Jos 12:4King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.

Jos 12:5

Jos 12:5He 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.

Jos 12:6

Jos 12:6Moses, 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

Jos 12:7

Jos 12:7The 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,

Jos 12:8

Jos 12:8including the hill country, the western foothills,[fn] 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:

Jos 12:9

Jos 12:9The king of Jericho
The king of Ai, near Bethel

Jos 12:10

Jos 12:10The king of Jerusalem
The king of Hebron

Jos 12:11

Jos 12:11The king of Jarmuth
The king of Lachish

Jos 12:12

Jos 12:12The king of Eglon
The king of Gezer

Jos 12:13

Jos 12:13The king of Debir
The king of Geder

Jos 12:14

Jos 12:14The king of Hormah
The king of Arad