0 SAB Joshua 12

The LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them ... and they died. 10:11

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Joshua

CHAPTER 12

The Israelites kill 33 kings and take their land
12:1-24

1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

Here is a list of the kings that the Israelites killed, while taking their land. [1]

2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:

Sihon, king of the Amorites [2]

4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

Og, the king of Bashan, who was among the remnants of the giants [3]

9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

The kings of Jericho and Ai,

10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

Jerusalem and Hebron,

11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

Jarmuth and Lachish,

12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

Eglon and Gezer,

13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

Debir and Geder,

14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Hormah and Arad,

15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

Libnah and Adullam,

16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

Makkedah and Bethel,

17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

Tappuah and Hepher,

18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

Aphek and Lasharon,

19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

Madon and Hazor,

20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

Shimronmeron and Achshaph,

21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

Taanach and Megiddo,

22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

Kedesh and Jokneam,

23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;

Dor and Gilgal,

24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

And the king of Tizzah.

For a grand total of 33 kings who were killed by the Israelites. [4]

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