The Kings Defeated by Joshua (JOS 12:7-24)

[12:7] Joshua and the people of Israel defeated all the kings in the territory west of the Jordan, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak in the south near Edom. Joshua divided this land among the tribes and gave it to them as a permanent possession.

[12:8] This portion included the hill country, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley and its foothills, the eastern slopes, and the dry country in the south. This land had been the home of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

[12:9] The people of Israel defeated the kings of the following cities: Jericho, Ai (near Bethel),

[12:10] Jerusalem, Hebron,

[12:11] Jarmuth, Lachish,

[12:12] Eglon, Gezer,

[12:13] Debir, Geder,

[12:14] Hormah, Arad,

[12:15] Libnah, Adullam,

[12:16] Makkedah, Bethel,

[12:17] Tappuah, Hepher,

[12:18] Aphek, Lasharon,

[12:19] Madon, Hazor,

[12:20] Shimron Meron, Achshaph,

[12:21] Taanach, Megiddo,

[12:22] Kedesh, Jokneam (in Carmel),

[12:23] Dor (on the coast), Goiim (in Galilee),

[12:24] and Tirzah—thirty-One kings in all.

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