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Joshua 12:7-24

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7 Now these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel defeated beyond the Jordan toward the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even as far as 1Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,
8 in 2the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, on the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the Negev; the Hittite, the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite:
9 the 3king of Jericho, one; the 4king of Ai, which is beside * Bethel, one;
10 the 5king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12 the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13 the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14 the king of Hormah, one; the king of 6Arad, one;
15 the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16 the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
17 the king of Tappuah, one; the 7king of Hepher, one;
18 the king of 8Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
19 the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20 the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21 the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22 the king of 9Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
23 the king of Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the king of 10Goiim in Gilgal, one;
24 the king of Tirzah, one: 11in all, thirty-one * kings.
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Joshua 12:7-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 12

This chapter gives a short account of the conquests made by the Israelites, both in the times of Moses and of Joshua, and first of the kingdom of Sihon and Og on the other side Jordan, in the times of Moses, and which he gave to the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and which are particularly described, Jos 12:1-6; and then of the kings and the countries on this side Jordan whom Joshua conquered, Jos 12:7,8; and the names of the thirty one kingdoms are recited, that so it might be exactly known and observed what were afterwards divided among the tribes and possessed by them, Jos 12:9-24.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 11

  • 1. Joshua 11:17
  • 2. Joshua 11:16
  • 3. Joshua 6:2
  • 4. Joshua 8:29
  • 5. Joshua 10:23
  • 6. Numbers 21:1
  • 7. 1 Kings 4:10
  • 8. Joshua 13:4; 2 Kings 13:17
  • 9. Joshua 19:37; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:32
  • 10. Genesis 14:1
  • 11. Deuteronomy 7:24

Footnotes 3

  • [a] Lit "smote"
  • [b] I.e. South country
  • [c] Or "Naphath-dor"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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