The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel overcame, taking as their heritage their land on the east side of Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east:
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The people of Israel had already conquered and occupied the land east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley up the Jordan Valley and as far north as Mount Hermon. They defeated two kings.
2 Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was living in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, as far as the river Jabbok, the limits of the children of Ammon;
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One was Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled at Heshbon. His kingdom included half of Gilead: from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and from the city in the middle of that valley, as far as the Jabbok River, the border of Ammon;
3 And the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, to the east, and to the sea of the Arabah, that is the Salt Sea, to the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
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it included the Jordan Valley from Lake Galilee south to Beth Jeshimoth (east of the Dead Sea) and on toward the foot of Mount Pisgah.
4 And the land of Og, king of Bashan, of the rest of the Rephaim, who was living at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
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They also defeated King Og of Bashan, who was one of the last of the Rephaim; he ruled at Ashtaroth and Edrei.
5 Ruling in the mountain of Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, as far as the limits of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, to the land of Sihon, king of Heshbon.
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His kingdom included Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all of Bashan as far as the boundaries of Geshur and Maacah, as well as half of Gilead, as far as the territory of King Sihon of Heshbon.
6 Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel overcame them; and Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave their land for a heritage to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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These two kings were defeated by Moses and the people of Israel. Moses, the Lord's servant, gave their land to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to half the tribe of Manasseh, to be their possession.
7 And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel overcame on the west side of Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave the land to the tribes of Israel for a heritage, in keeping with their divisions;
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Joshua and the people of Israel defeated all the kings in the territory west of the Jordan, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak in the south near Edom. Joshua divided this land among the tribes and gave it to them as a permanent possession.
8 In the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and on the mountain slopes, and in the waste land, and in the South; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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This portion included the hill country, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley and its foothills, the eastern slopes, and the dry country in the south. This land had been the home of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Beth-el, one;
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The people of Israel defeated the kings of the following cities: Jericho, Ai (near Bethel),
10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
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Jerusalem, Hebron,
11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
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Jarmuth, Lachish,
12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
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Eglon, Gezer,
13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
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Debir, Geder,
14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
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Hormah, Arad,
15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
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Libnah, Adullam,
16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;
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Makkedah, Bethel,
17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
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Tappuah, Hepher,
18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
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Aphek, Lasharon,
19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
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Madon, Hazor,
20 The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
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Shimron Meron, Achshaph,
21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
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Taanach, Megiddo,
22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
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Kedesh, Jokneam (in Carmel),
23 The king of Dor on the hill of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
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Dor (on the coast), Goiim (in Galilee ),
24 The king of Tirzah, one; all the kings together were thirty-one.
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and Tirzah - thirty-one kings in all.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.