Joshua 12

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 12 of 24

1 And these are the kings of the land whom the sons of Israel struck, and they seized their land beyond the Jordan, at the sunrising, from the torrent Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:

2 Sihon the king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the lip of the torrent Arnon, and from its valley floor, and half Gilead, even to the torrent Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;

3 and from the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south under the Slopes of Pisgah;

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Chapter Summary

The two kings whose countries Moses took and disposed of. 7 The thirty-one kings on the other side Jordan which Joshua smote.

Key Hebrew Words

נָכָה struck (defeated) H5221 · TWOT 1364
יָרַשׁ take possession of H3423 · TWOT 920
יְרֻשָּׁה possession (inheritance) H3425 · TWOT 920b
נָתַן gave (the land) H5414 · TWOT 1443
מָשַׁל ruled (reigned) H4910 · TWOT 1259
רָפָה giants (Rephaim) H7497 · TWOT 2198d

People & Context

Joshua

Leader who struck the thirty-one kings west of the Jordan and gave their land to the tribes as a possession

Moses

Servant of Jehovah who defeated Sihon and Og east of the Jordan and gave that land to Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh

Sihon

Amorite king of Heshbon who ruled from the Arnon to the Jabbok; defeated east of the Jordan

Og

King of Bashan, of the remnant of the giants, who reigned at Ashtaroth and Edrei

Timeline

Record of Transjordan Kings Defeated by Moses

A summary list of the kings east of the Jordan defeated by Moses: Sihon the king of the Amorites in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

Joshua 12:1-6
Record of Canaanite Kings Defeated by Joshua

A granular list of thirty-one kings defeated by Joshua and the Israelites west of the Jordan, spanning from Baal-gad to Mount Halak.

Joshua 12:7-24

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