1The two kings whose countries Moses took and disposed of. 7The one and thirty kings on the west side of Jordan which Joshua smote.
1NOW these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the 1bank of the river Arnon, anda from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
1 Hebr. lip.
a Deut. 3:8, 16.
3And from the plain to the sea of 2Chinneroth on the east, and unto 3the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to 4Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under 5Ashdoth-pisgah:
2 See Deut. 3:17; Joshua 11:2.
3 Thus the Dead Sea is called, that is, the salt-sea, and the lake of Sodom, and the lake of Asphaltites.
4 Which is situated in the border of the Moabites, Ezek. 25:9.
5 That is, the descent of the hill. It is a part of the mountain Abarim.
4¶Andb the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the 6giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
b Deut. 1:4.
6 Hebr. rephaim.
5And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the 7Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
7 These dwelt in the land of Bashan at the uttermost borders of the same land, which 2 Sam. 15:8 is called by Absalom, Geshur in Syria, because it was situated about the city and land of Damascus. Geshur was a royal city. The daughter of Talmai king of Geshur was David’s wife, and mother of Absalom, 2 Sam. 3:3, unto whom Absalom fled after he had slain his brother Ammon, 2 Sam. 13:37. The land of the Geshurites fell indeed by lot unto the half tribe of Manasseh, but they did not expel the inhabitants thereof, Joshua 13:13.
6Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: andc Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
c Num. 21:24; 32:33.
7¶And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote ond this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the 8mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession 9according to their divisions;
d Joshua 10:40.
8 See Joshua 11:17.
9 That is, unto every one his share hereditarily.
8In 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:
9¶The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, 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 10Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
10 See the annotation Judges 1:17.
15The king of Libnah, one; the king of 11Adullam, one;
11 This was a city in the land of Judah, of which mention is made, 1 Chron. 11:15. Near unto it was a cave, wherein David abode when he fled from Saul, 1 Sam. 22:1, and there he penned Psalm 57.
16The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, 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 Achshaph, one;
21The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
23The king of Dor 12in the coast of Dor, one; 13the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
12 See Joshua 11:2.
13 Or, the king of Gojim.
24The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.