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Text -- Joshua 12:1-16 (NET)
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12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land on the east side of the Jordan , from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon , including all the eastern Arabah :
12:2 King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley )– including the city in the middle of the valley and half of Gilead – all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.
12:3 His kingdom included the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ), including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah .
12:4 The territory of King Og of Bashan , one of the few remaining Rephaites , who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei
12:5 and ruled over Mount Hermon , Salecah , all of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites , and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon .
12:6 Moses the Lord’s servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the Lord’s servant assigned their land to Reuben , Gad , and the half tribe of Manasseh .
12:7 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan , from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir . Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes ,
12:8 including the hill country , the lowlands , the Arabah , the slopes , the wilderness , and the Negev – the land of the Hittites , Amorites , Canaanites , Perizzites , Hivites , and Jebusites :
12:9 the king of Jericho (one ), the king of Ai – located near Bethel – (one ),
12:10 the king of Jerusalem (one ), the king of Hebron (one ),
12:11 the king of Jarmuth (one ), the king of Lachish (one ),
12:12 the king of Eglon (one ), the king of Gezer (one ),
12:13 the king of Debir (one ), the king of Geder (one ),
12:14 the king of Hormah (one ), the king of Arad (one ),
12:15 the king of Libnah (one ), the king of Adullam (one ),
12:16 the king of Makkedah (one ), the king of Bethel (one ),
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
GALILEE, SEA OF |
Hittites |
Joshua |
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Jebusites |
City |
Salmon |
Canaan |
JOSHUA (2) |
Jabbok |
PALESTINE, 2 |
Bashan |
Og |
HERMON |
Geder |
EDREI |
Adullam |
Arad |
NATURAL FEATURES |
Makkedah |
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NET Notes: Jos 12:2 The MT reads here, “and the middle of the valley,” but the reading “the city in the middle of valley” can be reconstructed on ...
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NET Notes: Jos 12:7 Heb “Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotted portions.”
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NET Notes: Jos 12:10 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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