7 And these `are' kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel have smitten beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon, and unto the mount of Halak, which is going up to Seir; and Joshua giveth it to the tribes of Israel -- a possession according to their divisions;
8 in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the plain, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
9 The king of Jericho, one; The king of Ai, which `is' beside 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 Mekkedah, one; The king of Beth-El, 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 Achshaph, one;
21 The king of Taanach, one; The king of Megiddo, one;
22 The king of Kedesh, one; The king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
23 The king of Dor, at the elevation of Dor, one; The king of the Goyim of Gilgal, one;
24 The king of Tirzah, one; all the kings `are' thirty and one.
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Commentary on Joshua 12 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
CHAPTER 12
Jos 12:1-6. The Two Kings Whose Countries Moses Took and Disposed of.
1. Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan—This chapter contains a recapitulation of the conquests made in the promised land, with the additional mention of some places not formerly noted in the sacred history. The river Arnon on the south and mount Hermon on the north were the respective boundaries of the land acquired by the Israelites beyond Jordan (see Nu 21:21-24; De 2:36; 3:3-16 [and see on De 2:24]).
Jos 12:7-24. The One and Thirty Kings on the West Side of Jordan, Which Joshua Smote.
7. Baal-gad … even unto … Halak—(See on Jos 11:17). A list of thirty-one chief towns is here given; and, as the whole land contained a superficial extent of only fifteen miles in length by fifty in breadth, it is evident that these capital cities belonged to petty and insignificant kingdoms. With a few exceptions, they were not the scenes of any important events recorded in the sacred history, and therefore do not require a particular notice.