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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Joshua 12 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/joshua/12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/joshua/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Joshua 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../joshua/11.htm" title="Joshua 11">◄</a> Joshua 12 <a href="../joshua/13.htm" title="Joshua 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Kings Defeated by Moses</h3><p class="par"><span class="v6_12_1"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.1" class="v6_12_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Josh.12.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The people of Israel had already conquered and occupied the land east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley up the Jordan Valley and as far north as Mount Hermon. They defeated two kings. </span><span class="v6_12_2"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.2" class="v6_12_2">2</span>One was Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled at Heshbon. His kingdom included half of Gilead: from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and from the city in<a href="#fn" id="link_Josh.12.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the middle of that valley, as far as the Jabbok River, the border of Ammon; </span><span class="v6_12_3"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.3" class="v6_12_3">3</span>it included the Jordan Valley from Lake Galilee south to Beth Jeshimoth (east of the Dead Sea) and on toward the foot of Mount Pisgah.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v6_12_4"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.4" class="v6_12_4">4</span>They also defeated King Og of Bashan, who was one of the last of the Rephaim; he ruled at Ashtaroth and Edrei. </span><span class="v6_12_5"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.5" class="v6_12_5">5</span>His kingdom included Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all of Bashan as far as the boundaries of Geshur and Maacah, as well as half of Gilead, as far as the territory of King Sihon of Heshbon.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v6_12_6"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.6" class="v6_12_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Josh.12.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> These two kings were defeated by Moses and the people of Israel. Moses, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s servant, gave their land to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to half the tribe of Manasseh, to be their possession.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Kings Defeated by Joshua</h3><p class="par"><span class="v6_12_7"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.7" class="v6_12_7">7</span>Joshua and the people of Israel defeated all the kings in the territory west of the Jordan, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak in the south near Edom. Joshua divided this land among the tribes and gave it to them as a permanent possession. </span><span class="v6_12_8"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.8" class="v6_12_8">8</span>This portion included the hill country, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley and its foothills, the eastern slopes, and the dry country in the south. This land had been the home of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. </span><span class="v6_12_9"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.9" class="v6_12_9">9</span>The people of Israel defeated the kings of the following cities: Jericho, Ai (near Bethel), </span><span class="v6_12_10"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.10" class="v6_12_10">10</span>Jerusalem, Hebron, </span><span class="v6_12_11"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.11" class="v6_12_11">11</span>Jarmuth, Lachish, </span><span class="v6_12_12"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.12" class="v6_12_12">12</span>Eglon, Gezer, </span><span class="v6_12_13"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.13" class="v6_12_13">13</span>Debir, Geder, </span><span class="v6_12_14"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.14" class="v6_12_14">14</span>Hormah, Arad, </span><span class="v6_12_15"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.15" class="v6_12_15">15</span>Libnah, Adullam, </span><span class="v6_12_16"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.16" class="v6_12_16">16</span>Makkedah, Bethel, </span><span class="v6_12_17"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.17" class="v6_12_17">17</span>Tappuah, Hepher, </span><span class="v6_12_18"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.18" class="v6_12_18">18</span>Aphek, Lasharon, </span><span class="v6_12_19"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.19" class="v6_12_19">19</span>Madon, Hazor, </span><span class="v6_12_20"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.20" class="v6_12_20">20</span>Shimron Meron, Achshaph, </span><span class="v6_12_21"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.21" class="v6_12_21">21</span>Taanach, Megiddo, </span><span class="v6_12_22"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.22" class="v6_12_22">22</span>Kedesh, Jokneam (in Carmel), </span><span class="v6_12_23"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.23" class="v6_12_23">23</span>Dor (on the coast), Goiim (in Galilee<a href="#fn" id="link_Josh.12.23!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> ), </span><span class="v6_12_24"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.12.24" class="v6_12_24">24</span>and Tirzah—thirty-one kings in all.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.2: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text (see 13.16; Dt 2.36) </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the city in; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew does not have these words.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.23: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Galilee; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Gilgal.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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