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1 These are the kings of the land whom the people of Isra'el defeated and of whose land they took possession, across the Yarden toward the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon and all the 'Aravah eastward:
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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:
2 Sichon king of the Emori, who lived in Heshbon and ruled the territory that includes 'Aro'er, at the edge of the Arnon Valley; the middle of the valley; half of Gil'ad, to the Yabok River, which forms the border with the people of 'Amon;
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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;
3 the 'Aravah to Lake Kinneret eastward and to the sea of the 'Aravah, the Dead Sea, eastward by way of Beit-Yeshimot and on the south under the slopes of Pisgah.
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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:
4 There was also the territory of 'Og king of Bashan, who belonged to the remnant of the Refa'im. He lived at 'Ashtarot and at Edre'i;
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And the land of Og, king of Bashan, of the rest of the Rephaim, who was living at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
5 and he ruled Mount Hermon; Salkhah; all Bashan, to the border with the G'shuri and the Ma'akhati; and half of Gil'ad, to its border with Sichon king of Heshbon.
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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.
6 Moshe the servant of ADONAI, with the people of Isra'el, defeated them; and Moshe the servant of ADONAI gave it to the Re'uveni, the Gadi and the half-tribe of M'nasheh as their possession.
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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.
7 Following are the kings of the land whom Y'hoshua, with the people of Isra'el, defeated in the area west of the Yarden, between Ba'al-Gad in the L'vanon Valley and the bare mountain that goes up to Se'ir. Y'hoshua gave this land, inhabited by the Hitti, Emori, Kena'ani, P'rizi, Hivi and Y'vusi, to the tribes of Isra'el to possess, according to their divisions, in the hills, the Sh'felah, the 'Aravah, the mountain slopes, the desert and the Negev:
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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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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.
9 the king of Yericho, the king of 'Ai, by Beit-El,
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The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Beth-el, one;
10 the king of Yerushalayim, the king of Hevron,
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The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11 the king of Yarmut, the king of Lakhish,
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The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12 the king of 'Eglon, the king of Gezer,
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The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13 the king of D'vir, the king of Geder,
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The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14 the king of Hormah, the king of 'Arad,
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The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15 the king of Livnah, the king of 'Adulam,
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The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16 the king of Makkedah, the king of Beit-El,
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The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;
17 the king of Tapuach, the king of Hefer,
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The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18 the king of Afek, the king of Sharon,
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The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
19 the king of Madon, the king of Hatzor,
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The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20 the king of Shimron-M'ron, the king of Akhshaf,
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The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21 the king of Ta'anakh, the king of Megiddo,
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The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22 the king of Kedesh, the king of Yokne'am in Karmel,
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The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
23 the king of Dor in the region of Dor, the king of Goyim in the Gilgal, and
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The king of Dor on the hill of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
24 the king of Tirtzah making a total of thirty-one kings.
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The king of Tirzah, one; all the kings together were thirty-one.
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