Joshua 12
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
3And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
4And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
5And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
6Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
7And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
8In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
9The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
10The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
17The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
19The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
23The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
24The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- מֶלֶךְmelekH442837× in this chapter
a king
- אֶחָדʼechâdH25932× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- עַדʻadH57046× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- בֵּית־אֵלBêyth-ʼÊlH10084× in this chapter
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
- בֵּןbênH11214× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- גְּבוּלgᵉbûwlH13664× in this chapter
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
- הַרharH20224× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- יָםyâmH32204× in this chapter
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34784× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- מִזְרָחmizrâchH42174× in this chapter
sunrise, i.e. the east
- נַחַלnachalH51584× in this chapter
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
- עֲרָבָהʻărâbâhH61604× in this chapter
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8344× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- חֵצִיchêtsîyH26773× in this chapter
the half or middle
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- נָכָהnâkâhH52213× in this chapter
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7763× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- בֵּית הַיְשִׁימוֹתBêyth ha-Yshîy-môwthH10202× in this chapter
Beth-ha-Jeshimoth, a town East of the Jordan
- בַּעַל גָּדBaʻal GâdH11712× in this chapter
Baal-Gad, a place in Syria
- בָּשָׁןBâshânH13162× in this chapter
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
- גִּלְעָדGilʻâdH15682× in this chapter
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
- דּוֹרDôwrH17562× in this chapter
Dor, a place in Palestine
- חֶרְמוֹןChermôwnH27682× in this chapter
Chermon, a mount of Palestine
- חֶשְׁבּוֹןCheshbôwnH28092× in this chapter
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יְהוֹשׁוּעַYᵉhôwshûwaʻH30912× in this chapter
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
- יַרְדֵּןYardênH33832× in this chapter
Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
- יְרֻשָּׁהyᵉrushshâhH34252× in this chapter
something occupied; a conquest; also a patrimony
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34272× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- אֵלֶּהʼêl-lehH4282× in this chapter
these or those
- מֹשֶׁהMôshehH48722× in this chapter
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
- מָשַׁלmâshalH49102× in this chapter
to rule
- נָתַןnâthanH54142× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- סִיחוֹןÇîychôwnH55112× in this chapter
Sichon, an Amoritish king
- עֶבֶדʻebedH56502× in this chapter
a servant
- אֱמֹרִיʼĔmôrîyH5672× in this chapter
an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
- עֵבֶרʻêberH56762× in this chapter
properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)
- שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭH76262× in this chapter
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
- אַרְנוֹןʼArnôwnH7692× in this chapter
the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory
- שִׁמְרוֹן מְראוֹןShimrôwn MᵉrʼôwnH81122× in this chapter
Shimron-Meron, a place in Palestine