Joshua 12 Footnotes

12:7-24 The list of the conquered kings and territories of Cisjordan (the region west of the Jordan River) consists of a geographical summary in vv. 7-8 and a list of thirty-one kings, with the cities they ruled, in vv. 9-24. After the first two cities (Jericho and Ai) the list can be divided into cities in the south and those in the north. This list not only records the conquest of Canaanite cities but also represents the accomplishment of God’s purpose. In giving them into the hands of Israel, he fulfilled his promise to Abraham that his descendants would occupy the land (Gn 12:6-7; 15:18).