10:31 Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops 1 and fought against it. 10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they 2 captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.
12:11 the king of Jarmuth (one),
the king of Lachish (one),
12:2 King Sihon of the Amorites who lived 3 in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) – including the city in the middle of the valley 4 and half of Gilead – all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.
1 tn Heb “encamped against it.”
2 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
3 tn Or perhaps, “reigned.”
4 tc The MT reads here, “and the middle of the valley,” but the reading “the city in the middle of valley” can be reconstructed on the basis of Josh 13:9, 16.
5 tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.
6 tn Or “side.”
7 tn Or “ascent.”
8 tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon.”