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Venerdi, 26 aprile 2024 - San Marcellino ( Letture di oggi)

Joshua 12


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1The kings of the country, whom the Israelites conquered and whose territory they took, on the further, eastern side of the Jordan, from the Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon, with the entire Arabah to the east, were asfol ows:2Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, ruled from Aroer which is on the edge of the ArnonVal ey, including the bottom of the val ey, half Gilead and as far as the Jabbok, the river forming the frontier withthe Ammonites;3the eastern Arabah up to the Sea of Chinneroth, and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, or Salt Sea, onthe eastern side, in the direction of Beth-Jeshimoth, and, in the south, the watered foothil s of Mount Pisgah.4Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei,5ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah, the whole of Bashan to the frontier of the Geshurites andMaacathites, and half Gilead to the frontier of Sihon king of Heshbon.6Moses, servant of Yahweh, and the Israelites conquered these, and Moses, servant of Yahweh,conferred their territory on the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.7The kings of the country whom Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the nearer, western side of theJordan, from Baal-Gad in the Vale of Lebanon to Mount Halak rising towards Seir, and whose heritage Joshuadistributed to the tribes of Israel, dividing it up between them, were as follows:8In the highlands and the lowlands, in the Arabah and in the watered foothil s, in the desert and in theNegeb, belonging to the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites:9the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai near Bethel, one;10the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;13the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;14the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adul am, one;16the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;17the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;18the king of Aphek, one; the king of Sharon, one;19the king of Merom, one; the king of Hazor, one;20the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;21the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;23the king of Dor, on the Slopes of Dor, one; the king of the nations in Galilee, one;24the king of Tirzah, one; Total number of al these kings: thirty-one.