Joshua 12:7-24

7 Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions.
8 The lands included the hill country, the western foothills, the Arabah, the mountain slopes, the wilderness and the Negev. These were the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. These were the kings:
9 the king of Jericho: one; the king of Ai(near Bethel): one;
10 the king 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 Arad, 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 king of Hepher, one;
18 the king of Aphek, 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 Akshaph, one;
21 the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22 the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
23 the king of Dor (in Naphoth Dor), one; the king of Goyim in Gilgal, one;
24 the king of Tirzah, one; thirty-one kings in all.

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.

Cross References 30

  • 1. S Joshua 11:17
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 11:16
  • 3. S Joshua 3:10; S Joshua 11:17; Ezra 9:1
  • 4. S Numbers 33:48; Joshua 6:2
  • 5. S Genesis 12:8; S Joshua 8:1; Joshua 8:29
  • 6. S Joshua 7:2; Joshua 8:9; Joshua 18:13; Judges 1:23; Judges 4:5; Judges 20:18; Judges 21:2; Nehemiah 11:31
  • 7. S Joshua 10:1; Joshua 10:23
  • 8. S Joshua 10:3
  • 9. S Joshua 10:3
  • 10. S Joshua 10:33
  • 11. S Joshua 10:3
  • 12. S Numbers 14:45
  • 13. S Numbers 21:1
  • 14. S Numbers 33:20
  • 15. S Genesis 38:1; Joshua 15:35; Micah 1:15
  • 16. S Joshua 10:10
  • 17. S Joshua 7:2
  • 18. Joshua 15:34; Joshua 16:8; Joshua 17:8
  • 19. S Joshua 11:22; 1 Kings 4:10
  • 20. Joshua 13:4; Joshua 19:30; Judges 1:31; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 29:1
  • 21. S Joshua 11:1
  • 22. S Joshua 11:1
  • 23. Joshua 17:11; Joshua 21:25
  • 24. Judges 1:27; Judges 5:19; 1 Kings 4:12
  • 25. Joshua 15:23; Joshua 19:37; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:32; Judges 4:6,9
  • 26. Joshua 19:11; Joshua 21:34
  • 27. Joshua 15:55; Joshua 19:26; 1 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 23:35
  • 28. S Joshua 11:2
  • 29. 1 Kings 14:17; 1 Kings 15:33; 1 Kings 16:8,23; Song of Songs 6:4
  • 30. Psalms 135:11; Psalms 136:18; Deuteronomy 7:24
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