Joshua 12
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Joshua 12:7-24

7The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the Israelite armies defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as their possession,

8including the hill country, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, the mountain slopes, the Judean wilderness, and the Negev. The people who lived in this region were the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.) These are the kings Israel defeated:

9The king of Jericho The king of Ai, near Bethel

10The king of Jerusalem The king of Hebron

11The king of Jarmuth The king of Lachish

12The king of Eglon The king of Gezer

13The king of Debir The king of Geder

14The king of Hormah The king of Arad

15The king of Libnah The king of Adullam

16The king of Makkedah The king of Bethel

17The king of Tappuah The king of Hepher

18The king of Aphek The king of Lasharon

19The king of Madon The king of Hazor

20The king of Shimron-meron The king of Acshaph

21The king of Taanach The king of Megiddo

22The king of Kedesh The king of Jokneam in Carmel

23The king of Dor in the town of Naphoth-dor The king of Goyim in Gilgal

24The king of Tirzah. In all, thirty-one kings were defeated.

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