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Thursday, 19 March 2026

The Book of JOSHUA - Chapter Twelve

1 These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took over east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern side of the Arabah:

Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.

He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge – from the middle of the gorge – to the River Jabbok, which is the border of the Ammonites. This included half of Gilead. He also ruled over the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Galilee to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), to Beth Jeshimoth, and then southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

And the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah, all of Bashan to the border of the people of Geshur and Maakah, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites conquered them. And Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh to be their possession.

Here 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 towards Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions. The 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:

the king of Jericho

one

the king of Ai (near Bethel)

one

10 the king of Jerusalem

one

the king of Hebron

one

11 the king of Jarmuth

one

the king of Lachish

one

12 the king of Eglon

one

the king of Gezer

one

13 the king of Debir

one

the king of Geder

one

14 the king of Hormah

one

the king of Arad

one

15 the king of Libnah

one

the king of Adullam

one

16 the king of Makkedah

one

the king of Bethel

one

17 the king of Tappuah

one

the king of Hepher

one

18 the king of Aphek

one

the king of Lasharon

one

19 the king of Madon

one

the king of Hazor

one

20 the king of Shimron Meron

one

the king of Akshaph

one

21 the king of Taanach

one

the king of Megiddo

one

22 the king of Kedesh

one

the king of Jokneam in Carmel

one

23 the king of Dor (in Naphoth Dor)

one

the king of Goyim in Gilgal

one

24 the king of Tirzah

one

thirty-one kings in all.


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The Book of JOSHUA

Chapter Twelve

Read by David Suchet 


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OVERVIEWS


The Book of JOSHUA  

- Overview (The Bible Project)-



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STUDY - LINKS



The Book of JOSHUA - Part 1

(David Pawson)


The Book of JOSHUA - Part 2

(David Pawson)



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Discovering the Gospel in Joshua – Tim Keller  



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Joshua  12 - Baruch Korman


R C Sproul - Book of Joshua Introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT7uk-JkElQ







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Wednesday, 18 March 2026

The Book of JOSHUA - Chapter Eleven


 1 When Jabin king of Hazor heard of this, he sent word  to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron and Akshaph, and to the northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Kinnereth, in the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor on the west; to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites below Hermon in the region of Mizpah. They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots – a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore. All these kings joined forces and made camp together at the Waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.’

So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth Maim, and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left. Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

10 At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword. (Hazor had been the head of all these kingdoms.) 11 Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed, and he burned Hazor itself.

12 Joshua took all these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. 13 Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds – except Hazor, which Joshua burned. 14 The Israelites carried off for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but all the people they put to the sword until they completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed. 15 As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.

16 So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country, all the Negev, the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills, 17 from Mount Halak, which rises towards Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and put them to death. 18 Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. 19 Except for the Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the Israelites, who took them all in battle. 20 For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

21 At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir and Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns. 22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.

23 So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.

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The Book of JOSHUA

Chapter Eleven

Read by David Suchet 



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OVERVIEWS


The Book of JOSHUA  

- Overview (The Bible Project)-



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STUDY - LINKS



The Book of JOSHUA - Part 1

(David Pawson)


The Book of JOSHUA - Part 2

(David Pawson)



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Discovering the Gospel in Joshua – Tim Keller  



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R C Sproul - Book of Joshua Introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT7uk-JkElQ







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The Book of JOSHUA - Chapter Twelve

1   These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took over east of the Jordan, from the Arnon G...