Joshua 12:7-14

Kings Defeated by Joshua

7 And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the people of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to ¹Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession ²according to their allotments,

8 ³in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb, the land of ⁴the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites):

9 ⁵the king of Jericho, one; ⁶the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

10 ⁷the king of Jerusalem, one; ⁸the king of Hebron, one;

11 ⁹the king of Jarmuth, one; ¹⁰the king of Lachish, one;

12 ¹¹the king of Eglon, one; ¹²the king of Gezer, one;

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

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

Joshua 12:7-14 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.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 11:17
• 2. Joshua 11:23; Joshua 18:10
• 3. Joshua 10:40; Joshua 11:16
• 4. Joshua 9:1
• 5. [Joshua 6:2]
• 6. Joshua 8:29
• 7. Joshua 10:23
• 8. Joshua 10:23
• 9. [See ver. 10 above]
• 10. [See ver. 10 above]
• 11. [See ver. 10 above]
• 12. Joshua 10:33
• 13. Joshua 10:38, 39