Joshua 12:7

The Kings Defeated West of the Jordan

7 And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance

Joshua 12:7 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 12:7

And these [are] the kings of the country
After particularly named, ( Joshua 12:9-24 ) :

which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on
the west;
that is, on the west of Jordan:

from Baalgad, in the valley of Lebanon, even unto the mount Halak,
that goeth up to Seir;
of which see ( Joshua 11:17 ) ;

which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel [for] a possession,
according to their divisions;
as after related in this book.

Joshua 12:7 In-Context

5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
6 Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
7 And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance
8 the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):
9 the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;
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