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Joshua Chapter 12

Countries disposed of by Moses

12:1 Now these [are] the kings of the land, which the children of Israel struck, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon to mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east
12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, [and] ruled from Aroer, which [is] upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, [which is] the border of the children of Ammon ;
12:3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth ; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah
12:4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, [which was] of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
12:5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
12:6 Them did Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here
the servant of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
and the children of Israel strike and Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here
the servant of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
gave it [for] a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Conquests by Joshua


12:7 And these [are] the kings of the country which Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Yəhōšuaʿ,(/ˈdʒɒʃuə/), lit. ‘Yahweh is salvation’) also known as Yehoshua. Yeshua or Y’shua (ישוע; with vowel pointing Hebrew: יֵשׁוּעַ, romanized: Yēšūaʿ) was a common alternative form of the name Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, romanized: Yəhōšūaʿ, lit. ’Joshua’) in later books of the Hebrew Bible and among Jews of the Second Temple period. The name corresponds to the Greek spelling Iesous (Ἰησοῦς), from which, through the Latin IESVS/Iesus, comes the English spelling Jesus meaning salvation.
and the children of Israel struck on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even to the mount Halak, that goes up to Seir ; which Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Yəhōšuaʿ,(/ˈdʒɒʃuə/), lit. ‘Yahweh is salvation’) also known as Yehoshua. Yeshua or Y’shua (ישוע; with vowel pointing Hebrew: יֵשׁוּעַ, romanized: Yēšūaʿ) was a common alternative form of the name Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, romanized: Yəhōšūaʿ, lit. ’Joshua’) in later books of the Hebrew Bible and among Jews of the Second Temple period. The name corresponds to the Greek spelling Iesous (Ἰησοῦς), from which, through the Latin IESVS/Iesus, comes the English spelling Jesus meaning salvation.
gave to the tribes of Israel [for] a possession according to their divisions ;
12:8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites
12:9 The king of Jericho, one ; the king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one ;
12:10 The king of Jerusalem, one ; the king of Hebron, one ;
12:11 The king of Jarmuth, one ; the king of Lachish, one ;
12:12 The king of Eglon, one ; the king of Gezer, one ;
12:13 The king of Debir, one ; the king of Geder, one ;
12:14 The king of Hormah, one ; the king of Arad, one ;
12:15 The king of Libnah, one ; the king of Adullam, one ;
12:16 The king of Makkedah, one ; the king of Bethel, one ;
12:17 The king of Tappuah, one ; the king of Hepher, one ;
12:18 The king of Aphek, one ; the king of Lasharon, one ;
12:19 The king of Madon, one ; the king of Hazor, one ;
12:20 The king of Shimronmeron, one ; the king of Achshaph, one ;
12:21 The king of Taanach, one ; the king of Megiddo, one ;
12:22 The king of Kedesh, one ; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one ;
12:23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one ; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one ;
12:24 The king of Tirzah, one all the kings thirty and one.

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