⁷These are the kings of the land west of the Jordan River that Joshua and the people of Israel defeated. ⸤Their lands extended⸥ from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave it as a possession to Israel, dividing it among the tribes. ⁸It included the mountains, foothills, plains, slopes, desert, and the Negev ⸤that the⸥ Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites ⸤had possessed⸥.

The kings were

⁹the king of Jericho, the king of Ai (near Bethel),

¹⁰the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron,

¹¹the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish,

¹²the king of Eglon, the king of Gezer,

¹³the king of Debir, the king of Geder,

¹⁴the king of Hormah, the king of Arad,

¹⁵the king of Libnah, the king of Adullam,

¹⁶the king of Makkedah, the king of Bethel,

¹⁷the king of Tappuah, the king of Hepher,

¹⁸the king of Aphek, the king of Sharon,^a

¹⁹the king of Madon, the king of Hazor,

²⁰the king of Shimron Meron, the king of Achshaph,

²¹the king of Taanach, the king of Megiddo,

²²the king of Kedesh, the king of Jokneam in Carmel,

²³the king of Dor in Naphoth Dor, the king of Goiim in Gilgal,^b

²⁴the king of Tirzah.

The total was 31 kings.

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Footnotes

a 12:18 Or “Lasharon.”
b 12:23 Or “Galilee.”