Joshua 12
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Joshua 12:7-24

7Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions.

8The lands included the hill country, the western foothills, the Arabah, the mountain slopes, the wilderness and the Negev. These were the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. These were the kings:

9the king of Jericho one the king of Ai (near Bethel) one

10the king of Jerusalem one the king of Hebron one

11the king of Jarmuth one the king of Lachish one

12the king of Eglon one the king of Gezer one

13the king of Debir one the king of Geder one

14the king of Hormah one the king of Arad one

15the king of Libnah one the king of Adullam one

16the king of Makkedah one the king of Bethel one

17the king of Tappuah one the king of Hepher one

18the king of Aphek one the king of Lasharon one

19the king of Madon one the king of Hazor one

20the king of Shimron Meron one the king of Akshaph one

21the king of Taanach one the king of Megiddo one

22the king of Kedesh one the king of Jokneam in Carmel one

23the king of Dor (in Naphoth Dor) one the king of Goyim in Gilgal one

24the king of Tirzah one thirty-one kings in all.

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