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1 These are the kings east of the Jordan River who had been killed by the Israelites and whose land was taken. Their territory extended from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon and included all the land east of the Jordan Valley.
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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.
2 King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half of the territory of Gilead.
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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.
3 Sihon also controlled the Jordan Valley and regions to the east—from as far north as the Sea of Galilee to as far south as the Dead Sea, including the road to Beth-jeshimoth and southward to the slopes of Pisgah.
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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.
4 King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.
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And Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaim who reigned from Ashtaroth and Edrei:
5 He ruled a territory stretching from Mount Hermon to Salecah in the north and to all of Bashan in the east, and westward to the borders of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah. This territory included the northern half of Gilead, as far as the boundary of King Sihon of Heshbon.
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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.
6 Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had destroyed the people of King Sihon and King Og. And Moses gave their land as a possession to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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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.
7 The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the Israelite armies defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as their possession,
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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:
8 including the hill country, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, the mountain slopes, the Judean wilderness, and the Negev. The people who lived in this region were the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.) These are the kings Israel defeated:
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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:
9 The king of Jericho The king of Ai, near Bethel
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he king of Jericho one The king of Ai (near Bethel) one
10 The king of Jerusalem The king of Hebron
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he king of Jerusalem one The king of Hebron one
11 The king of Jarmuth The king of Lachish
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he king of Jarmuth one The king of Lachish one
12 The king of Eglon The king of Gezer
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he king of Eglon one The king of Gezer one
13 The king of Debir The king of Geder
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he king of Debir one The king of Geder one
14 The king of Hormah The king of Arad
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he king of Hormah one The king of Arad one
15 The king of Libnah The king of Adullam
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he king of Libnah one The king of Adullam one
16 The king of Makkedah The king of Bethel
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he king of Makkedah one The king of Bethel one
17 The king of Tappuah The king of Hepher
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he king of Tappuah one The king of Hepher one
18 The king of Aphek The king of Lasharon
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he king of Aphek one The king of Lasharon one
19 The king of Madon The king of Hazor
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he king of Madon one The king of Hazor one
20 The king of Shimron-meron The king of Acshaph
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he king of Shimron Meron one The king of Acshaph one
21 The king of Taanach The king of Megiddo
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he king of Taanach one The king of Megiddo one
22 The king of Kedesh The king of Jokneam in Carmel
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he king of Kedesh one The king of Jokneam in Carmel one
23 The king of Dor in the town of Naphoth-dor The king of Goyim in Gilgal
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he king of Dor (Naphoth Dor) one The king of Goyim in Gilgal one
24 The king of Tirzah. In all, thirty-one kings were defeated.
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he king of Tirzah one A total of thirty-one kings.
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