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1 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the Israelites defeated, whose land they occupied beyond the Jordan toward the east, from the Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon, with all the Arabah 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 King Sihon of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, and from the middle of the valley as far as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, that is, half of Gilead,
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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 and the Arabah to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, to the sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea, southward to the foot of 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 and King Og of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei
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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 ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan to the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and over half of Gilead to the boundary of King Sihon 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 Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites defeated them; and Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land for a possession to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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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 The following are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotments,
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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;
8 in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb, the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):
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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 Jericho +pone the king of Ai, which is next to Bethel +pone
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The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Beth-el, one;
10 the king of Jerusalem +pone the king of Hebron +pone
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The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11 the king of Jarmuth +pone the king of Lachish +pone
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The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12 the king of Eglon +pone the king of Gezer +pone
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The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13 the king of Debir +pone the king of Geder +pone
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The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14 the king of Hormah +pone the king of Arad +pone
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The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15 the king of Libnah +pone the king of Adullam +pone
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The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16 the king of Makkedah +pone the king of Bethel +pone
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The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;
17 the king of Tappuah +pone the king of Hepher +pone
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The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18 the king of Aphek +pone the king of Lasharon +pone
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The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
19 the king of Madon +pone the king of Hazor +pone
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The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20 the king of Shimron-meron +pone the king of Achshaph +pone
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The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21 the king of Taanach +pone the king of Megiddo +pone
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The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22 the king of Kedesh +pone the king of Jokneam in Carmel +pone
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The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
23 the king of Dor in Naphath-dor +pone the king of Goiim in Galilee, +pone
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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 Tirzah +pone thirty-one kings in all.
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The king of Tirzah, one; all the kings together were thirty-one.
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