The Kings Defeated East of the Jordan 1 UST While the Israelites were still on the east side of the Jordan River, they defeated the kings who ruled there, and they took their land. This land extended from the Arnon River gorge in the south to Mount Hermon in the north. It included all of the plain on the eastern side of the Jordan. BSB BSB: Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
2 UST { One king they defeated was} Sihon, the king of the Amorites. He lived in the city of Heshbon. He ruled the area{ south of Heshbon} as far as the middle of the Arnon River gorge. So his land included the city of Aroer on the edge of that gorge. Sihon ruled the area{ north of Heshbon} to the Jabbok River. That river was the boundary between his land and the land of the Ammonites. Sihon also ruled over half of the region of Gilead. BSB BSB: Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
3 UST Sihon also ruled over the land on the eastern plain along the Jordan, from the Sea of Chinnereth south to the Sea of Salt. He also ruled over the land east of the Sea of Salt from Beth Jeshimoth south to Mount Pisgah. BSB BSB: as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
4 UST The other king whom the Israelite army defeated was Og, the king of the region of Bashan. He was the last of the descendants of the giant Raphaites. He lived in the cities of Ashtaroth and Edrei. BSB BSB: And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
5 UST He ruled over the area from Mount Hermon and Salekah in the north, and over all Bashan in the east, and to the borders of the Geshurites and Maacathites to the west. Og ruled over half of the region of Gilead, as far as the border of the land ruled by Sihon, king of Heshbon. BSB BSB: He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
6 UST Moses, Yahweh’ s servant, and the whole Israelite army had defeated the armies of those kings. Then Moses gave their land to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh. BSB BSB: Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
The Kings Defeated West of the Jordan 7 UST Joshua and the Israelite army also defeated kings who ruled over the land on the west side of the Jordan River. That land was between Baal Gad in the valley near Lebanon to Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir. Joshua gave land to the tribes of Israel for them to possess, BSB BSB: And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance
8 UST This land included the hill country, the lowlands, the plain along the Jordan, the mountainsides, in the desert, and in the southern Judean wilderness. It had belonged to the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and the Jebusites. BSB BSB: the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):
9 UST The kings that the Israelites conquered were those of the following cities: Jericho, Ai(which was near Bethel), BSB BSB: the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;
10 UST Jerusalem, Hebron, BSB BSB: the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11 UST Jarmuth, Lachish, BSB BSB: the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12 UST Eglon, Gezer, BSB BSB: the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13 UST Debir, Geder, BSB BSB: the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14 UST Hormah, Arad, BSB BSB: the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15 UST Libnah, Adullam, BSB BSB: the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16 UST Makkedah, Bethel, BSB BSB: the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
17 UST Tappuah, Hepher, BSB BSB: the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18 UST Aphek, Lasharon, BSB BSB: the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
19 UST Madon, Hazor, BSB BSB: the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20 UST Shimron Meron, Akshaph, BSB BSB: the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21 UST Taanach, Megiddo, BSB BSB: the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22 UST Kedesh, Jokneam in the Carmel area, BSB BSB: the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
23 UST Dor in the Naphoth Dor area, Goiim in the region of Gilgal, BSB BSB: the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
24 UST and Tirzah. There was a total of thirty- one kings that the Israelite army defeated. BSB BSB: and the king of Tirzah, one. So there were thirty-one kings in all.
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