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The Conquered Kings East of the Jordan

12 The following are the kings of the land whom the people of Israel struck down and then took possession of their land, which was east of the Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the Arnon Canyon to Mount Hermon, including all of the Arabah east of the Jordan.

The first was Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled over the territory that extends from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Canyon, and from the middle of the canyon[a] all the way north to the Jabbok Canyon, which is the border of the Ammonites. This includes half of Gilead. He also ruled over the eastern part of the Arabah[b] from the Sea of Kinneret[c] south as far as the Sea of the Arabah, which is the Salt Sea,[d] and east in the direction of Beth Jeshimoth and south as far as the slopes of Pisgah.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 12:2 The parallel passage in Joshua 13:9 reads from the city that is in the middle of the canyon.
  2. Joshua 12:3 That is, the deep valley which contains the Jordan River
  3. Joshua 12:3 That is, the Sea of Galilee
  4. Joshua 12:3 That is, the Dead Sea