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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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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 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 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 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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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 and King Og of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei
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And Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaim who reigned from Ashtaroth and 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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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 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 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 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 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 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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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 +pone the king of Ai, which is next to Bethel +pone
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he king of Jericho one The king of Ai (near Bethel) one
10 the king of Jerusalem +pone the king of Hebron +pone
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he king of Jerusalem one The king of Hebron one
11 the king of Jarmuth +pone the king of Lachish +pone
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he king of Jarmuth one The king of Lachish one
12 the king of Eglon +pone the king of Gezer +pone
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he king of Eglon one The king of Gezer one
13 the king of Debir +pone the king of Geder +pone
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he king of Debir one The king of Geder one
14 the king of Hormah +pone the king of Arad +pone
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he king of Hormah one The king of Arad one
15 the king of Libnah +pone the king of Adullam +pone
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he king of Libnah one The king of Adullam one
16 the king of Makkedah +pone the king of Bethel +pone
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he king of Makkedah one The king of Bethel one
17 the king of Tappuah +pone the king of Hepher +pone
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he king of Tappuah one The king of Hepher one
18 the king of Aphek +pone the king of Lasharon +pone
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he king of Aphek one The king of Lasharon one
19 the king of Madon +pone the king of Hazor +pone
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he 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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he king of Shimron Meron one The king of Acshaph one
21 the king of Taanach +pone the king of Megiddo +pone
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he 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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he 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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he king of Dor (Naphoth Dor) one The king of Goyim in Gilgal one
24 the king of Tirzah +pone thirty-one kings in all.
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he king of Tirzah one A total of thirty-one kings.
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