Joshua 12 - Easy To Read Version

¹ The people of Israel had taken control of the land east of the Jordan River. They had all the land from Arnon Ravine to Mount Hermon and all the land along the eastern side of the Jordan Valley. Here are all of the kings the people of Israel defeated to take this land:

² {They defeated} Sihon, the king of the Amorite people living in the city of Heshbon. He ruled the land from Aroer at the Arnon Ravine to the Jabbok River. His land started in the center of that ravine. This was their border with the Ammonite people. Sihon ruled over half of the land of Gilead.

³ He also ruled over the eastern side of Jordan Valley from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea (Salt Sea). And he ruled from Beth Jeshimoth to the south to the hills of Pisgah.

⁴ {They also defeated} Og, king of Bashan. Og was from the Rephaite people. He ruled the land in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

⁵ Og ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all of the area of Bashan. His land ended where the people of Geshur and Maacah lived. Og also ruled half of the land of Gilead. This land stopped at the land of Sihon, the king of Heshbon.

⁶ The Lord’s servant Moses and the people of Israel defeated all these kings. And Moses gave that land to the family group of Reuben, the family group of Gad, and half the family group of Manasseh. Moses gave them this land to be their own.

⁷ The people of Israel also defeated kings in the land that was west of the Jordan River. Joshua led the people in this land. Joshua gave the people this land and divided it among the twelve family groups. This was the land that God promised to give to them. This land was between Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon and Mount Halak near Seir.

⁸ This included the hill country, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, the eastern mountains, the desert, and the Negev. [52] This was the land where the Hittite people, the Amorite people, the Canaanite people, the Perizzite people, the Hivite people, and the Jebusite people lived. Here is a list of the kings the people of Israel defeated:

⁹ the king of Jericho1 the king of Ai near Bethel1

¹⁰ the king of Jerusalem1 the king of Hebron1

¹¹ the king of Jarmuth1 the king of Lachish1

¹² the king of Eglon1 the king of Gezer1

¹³ the king of Debir1 the king of Geder1

¹⁴ the king of Hormah1 the king of Arad1

¹⁵ the king of Libnah1 the king of Adullam1

¹⁶ the king of Makkedah1 the king of Bethel1

¹⁷ the king of Tappuah1 the king of Hepher1

¹⁸ the king of Aphek1 the king of Sharon1

¹⁹ the king of Madon1 the king of Hazor1

²⁰ the king of Shimron Meron1 the king of Acshaph1

²¹ the king of Taanach1 the king of Megiddo1

²² the king of Kedesh1 the king of Jokneam in Carmel1

²³ the king of Dor at Mount Dor1 the king of Goyim in Gilgal1

²⁴ the king of Tirzah1