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Joshua 12


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NEW AMERICAN BIBLECATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 The kings of the land east of the Jordan, from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern section of the Arabah, whom the Israelites conquered and whose lands they occupied, were:1 These are the kings whom the sons of Israel struck down, and whose land they possessed beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun, from the torrent Arnon as far as mount Hermon, with the entire eastern region that looks out toward the wilderness:
2 First, Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. His domain extended from Aroer, which is on the bank of the Wadi Arnon, to include the wadi itself, and the land northward through half of Gilead to the Wadi Jabbok,2 Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, and who had dominion from Aroer, which is situated on the bank of the torrent Arnon, and the valley in the middle, and one half of Gilead, as far as the torrent Jabbok, which is the border of the sons of Ammon,
3 as well as the Arabah from the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth, as far south as the eastern side of the Salt Sea of the Arabah in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, to a point under the slopes of Pisgah.3 and from the wilderness, as far as the sea of Chinneroth toward the east, and to the Sea of the Wilderness, which is the very salty sea, to the eastern region, along the way that leads to Beth-jeshimoth, and from the southern region that lies under the descending slope of Pisgah,
4 Secondly, Og, king of Bashan, a survivor of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.4 to the border of Og, the king of Bashan; from the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth, and at Edrei, and who had dominion on mount Hermon, and at Salecah, and into all of Bashan, even to its limits;
5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all Bashan as far as the boundary of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and over half of Gilead as far as the territory of Sihon, king of Heshbon.5 with Geshur and Maacati, and one half of Gilead, these were the borders of Sihon, the king of Heshbon.
6 After Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites conquered them, he assigned their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, as their property.6 Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the sons of Israel struck them down. And Moses delivered their land into the possession of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the one half tribe of Manasseh.
7 This is a list of the kings whom Joshua and the Israelites conquered west of the Jordan and whose land, from Baal-gad in the Lebanon valley to Mount Halak which rises toward Seir, Joshua apportioned to the tribes of Israel.7 These are the kings of the land, whom Joshua and the sons of Israel struck down across the Jordan, toward the western region, from Baalgad in the field of Lebanon, as far as the mountain, part of which ascends to Seir. And Joshua delivered it as a possession to the tribes of Israel, to each one in their divisions,
8 It included the mountain regions and foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the desert, and the Negeb, belonging to the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.8 both in the mountains and in the plains and fields. In the descending slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the south, there too was the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite.
9 They were the kings of Jericho, Ai (which is near Bethel),9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
10 Jerusalem, Hebron,10 the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11 Jarmuth, Lachish,11 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12 Eglon, Gezer,12 the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13 Debir, Geder,13 the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14 Hormah, Arad,14 the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15 Libnah, Adullam,15 the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16 Makkedah, Bethel,16 the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
17 Tappuah, Hepher,17 the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18 Aphek, Lasharon,18 the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
19 Madon, Hazor,19 the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20 Shimron, Achshaph,20 the king of Shimron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21 Taanach, Megiddo,21 the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22 Kedesh, Jokneam (at Carmel),22 the king of Kadesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
23 and Dor (in Naphath-dor), the foreign king at Gilgal,23 the king of Dor and of the province of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
24 and the king of Tirzah: thirty-one kings in all.24 the king of Tirzah, one. All the kings were thirty-one.