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These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites ^[Literally “sons/children of Israel”] defeated, and of whose land they took possession beyond the Jordon to the east, ^[Literally “to the rising of the sun”] from the wadi ^[A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season] of Arnon up to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah ^[A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley] to the east:
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Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the wadi ^[A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season] of Arnon, from the middle of the valley and half of Gilead, up to the Jabbok River, ^[Literally “Jabbok the wadi”] which marks the border of the Ammonites; ^[Literally “sons of Ammon” or “children of Ammon”]
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and the Arabah ^[A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley] up to the Kinnereth Sea ^[That is, the Sea of Galilee] to the east, and as far as the sea of Arabah, the Salt Sea ^[That is, the Dead Sea] to the east, in the direction of ^[Literally “the way of”] Beth Jeshimoth, and to the area southward, at the foot of ^[Literally “under”] the slopes of Pisgah; ^[Or Ashdoth Pisgah]
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the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei
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and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and over all Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites ^[Hebrew “Geshurite”] and the Maacathites, ^[Hebrew “Maacathite”] and half of Gilead, as far as the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
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Moses Yahweh’s servant and the Israelites ^[Literally “sons/children of Israel”] defeated them; and Moses Yahweh’s servant gave it as a possession to the Reubenites, ^[Hebrew “Reubenite”] the Gadites, ^[Hebrew “Gadite”] and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites ^[Literally “sons/children of Israel”] defeated beyond to the Jordan to the west, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon, ^[Or “white mountain”] and up to Mount Halak, which rises to Seir. And Joshua gave it as a possession to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments,
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in the hill country, the Shephelah, ^[Or “lowlands”; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea] the Arabah, ^[A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley] on the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negev; ^[An arid region south of the Judaean hills] the Hittites, ^[Hebrew “Hittite”] the Amorites, ^[Hebrew “Amorite”] the Canaanites, ^[Hebrew “Canaanite”] the Perizzites, ^[Hebrew “Perizzite”] the Hivites, ^[Hebrew “Hivite”] and the Jebusites: ^[Hebrew “Jebusite”]
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the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
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the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
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the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
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the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
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the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
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the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
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the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
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the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
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the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
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the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
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the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
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the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Acshaph, one;
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the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
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the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
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the king of Dor in Naphath Dor, one; the king of Goiim for Gilgal, one;
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the king of Tirzah, one; all the kings, thirty-one.