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1 These are the kings that the People of Israel defeated and whose land they took on the east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon, with the whole eastern side of the Arabah Valley.
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Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned from Heshbon: His rule extended from Aroer, which sits at the edge of the Arnon Gorge, from the middle of the gorge and over half of Gilead to the Gorge of the Jabbok River, which is the border of the Ammonites.
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Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
3 His rule included the eastern Arabah Valley from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Arabah Sea (the Salt Sea), eastward toward Beth Jeshimoth and southward to the slopes of Pisgah.
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And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
4 And Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaim who reigned from Ashtaroth and Edrei:
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And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
5 His rule extended from Mount Hermon and Salecah over the whole of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites (the other half of Gilead) to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
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And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
6 Moses the servant of God and the People of Israel defeated them. And Moses the servant of God gave this land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh.
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Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
7 And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the People of Israel defeated in the country west of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon south to Mount Halak, which towers over Seir. Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as a possession, according to their divisions:
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And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
8 lands in the mountains, the western foothills, and the Arabah Valley, on the slopes, and in the wilderness and the Negev desert (lands on which Hittites, Amorites and Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites had lived). The kings were:
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In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
9 he king of Jericho one The king of Ai (near Bethel) one
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The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
10 he king of Jerusalem one The king of Hebron one
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The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11 he king of Jarmuth one The king of Lachish one
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The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12 he king of Eglon one The king of Gezer one
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The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13 he king of Debir one The king of Geder one
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The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14 he king of Hormah one The king of Arad one
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The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15 he king of Libnah one The king of Adullam one
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The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16 he king of Makkedah one The king of Bethel one
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The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
17 he king of Tappuah one The king of Hepher one
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The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18 he king of Aphek one The king of Lasharon one
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The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
19 he king of Madon one The king of Hazor one
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The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20 he king of Shimron Meron one The king of Acshaph one
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The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21 he king of Taanach one The king of Megiddo one
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The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22 he king of Kedesh one The king of Jokneam in Carmel one
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The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
23 he king of Dor (Naphoth Dor) one The king of Goyim in Gilgal one
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The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
24 he king of Tirzah one A total of thirty-one kings.
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The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
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