Chapter 12

A list of the kings slain by Moses and Josue.

1. 1

   These are the kings whom the children of Israel slew, and possessed their land, beyond the Jordan, towards the rising of the sun, from the torrent Arnon unto Mount Hermon, and all the east country that looketh towards the wilderness.

2. 2

   Sehon, king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in Hesebon, and had dominion from Aroer, which is seated upon the bank of the torrent Arnon, and of the middle part in the valley, and of half Galaad, as far as the torrent Jaboc, which is the border of the children of Ammon.

3. 3

   And from the wilderness to the sea of Ceneroth, towards the east, and to the sea of the wilderness, which is the most salt sea, on the east side, by the way that leadeth to Bethsimoth: and on the south side, that lieth under Asedoth, Phasga.

4. 4

   The border of Og, the king of Basan, of the remnant of the Raphaims, who dwelt in Astaroth, and in Edrai, and had dominion in Mount Hermon, and in Salecha, and in all Basan, unto the borders

5. 5

   Of Gessuri, and Machati, and of half Galaad: the borders of Sehon, the king of Hesebon.

6. 6

   Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel slew them, and Moses delivered their land in possession to the Rubenites, and Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses.

7. 7

   These are the kings of the land, whom Josue and the children of Israel slew, beyond the Jordan, on the west side, from Baalgad, in the field of Libanus, unto the mount, part of which goeth up into Seir: and Josue delivered it in possession to the tribes of Israel, to every one their divisions,

8. 8

   As well in the mountains as in the plains, and the champaign countries. In Asedoth, and in the wilderness, and in the south, was the Hethite and the Amorrhite, the Chanaanite and the Pherezite, the Hevite and the Jebusite.

9. 9

   The king of Jericho, one; the king of Hai, which is on the side of Bethel, one;

10. 10

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

11. 11

    The king of Jerimoth, one; the king of Lachis, one;

12. 12

    The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gazer, one;

13. 13

    The king of Dabir, one; the king of Gader, one;

14. 14

    The king of Herma, one; the king of Hered, one;

15. 15

    The king of Lebna, one; the king of Odullam, one;

16. 16

    The king of Maceda, one; the king of Bethel, one;

17. 17

    The king of Taphua, one; the king of Opher, one;

18. 18

    The king of Aphec, one; the king of Saron, one;

19. 19

    The king of Madon, one; the king of Asor, one;

20. 20

    The king of Semeron, one; the king of Achsaph, one;

21. 21

    The king of Thenac, one; the king of Megeddo, one;

22. 22

    The king of Cades, one; the king of Jachanan, of Carmel, one;

23. 23

    The king of Dor, and of the province of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Galgal, one;

24. 24

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