The Conquered Kings of Canaan

Joshua 12:7–24

Biblical Period

7And the following are the local kings whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan—from Baal-gad in the Valley of the Lebanon to Mount Halak, which ascends to Seir—which Joshua assigned as a possession to the tribal divisions of Israel: 8in the hill country, in the lowlands, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb—[in the land of] the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9They were:

the king of Jericho 1.
the king of Ai, near Bethel, 1.
10the king of Jerusalem 1.
the king of Hebron 1.
11the king of Jarmuth 1.
the king of Lachish 1.
12the king of Eglon 1.
the king of Gezer 1.
13the king of Debir 1.
the king of Geder 1.
14the king of Hormah 1.
the king of Arad 1.
15the king of Libnah 1.
the king of Adullam 1.
16the king of Makkedah 1.
the king of Bethel 1.
17the king of Tappuah 1.
the king of Hepher 1.
18the king of Aphek 1.
the king of Sharon 1.
19the king of Madon 1.
the king of Hazor 1.
20the king of Shimron-meron 1.
the king of Achshaph 1.
21the king of Taanach 1.
the king of Megiddo 1.
22the king of Kedesh 1.
the king of Jokneam in the Carmel 1.
23the king of Dor in the district of Dor 1.
the king of Goiim in Gilgal 1.
24the king of Tirzah 1.
Total number of kings 31.

Credits

Reprinted from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.

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