Joshua 12:4-6

4 And the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah, all of Bashan to the border of the people of Geshur and Maakah, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

6 Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites conquered them. And Moses the servant of the LORD gave their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh to be their possession.

Joshua 12:4-6 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. S Numbers 21:21,33; Joshua 13:30; Deuteronomy 3:11
• 2. S Genesis 14:5
• 3. S Deuteronomy 1:4
• 4. S Deuteronomy 3:10
• 5. Numbers 32:33; Joshua 17:1; Joshua 20:8; Joshua 21:27; Joshua 22:7
• 6. Joshua 13:2,13; 1 Samuel 27:8
• 7. S Deuteronomy 3:14
• 8. ver 2
• 9. S Deuteronomy 3:8
• 10. Numbers 32:29,33; Joshua 13:8