1Her følger en liste over de konger, som israelitterne besejrede, og hvis landområder de indtog øst for Jordanfloden fra Arnonfloden i syd til Hermonbjerget mod nord, inklusive den østlige del af dalsænkningen, som Jordanfloden løber igennem.2Først var der amoritterkongen Sihon, der boede i Heshbon. Hans rige omfattede højlandet fra Aroer i syd, midt på bjergkammen nord for Arnondalen, og til Jabbokfloden, der danner grænse til ammonitternes område. Heri er medregnet den sydlige halvdel af Gilead.3Til Sihons rige hørte også den østlige del af Jordandalen fra Kinneret søen i nord ned til Det Døde Hav, hvor byen Bet-Jeshimot ligger, og længere mod syd skråningerne fra Pisgas bjergryg ned mod havet.4Dernæst var der kong Og af Bashan, en af de sidste refaitter, som regerede fra Ashtarot og Edrei.5Hans rige strakte sig fra Hermonbjerget i nord til Salka i øst og omfattede de områder, der hed Geshur og Ma’aka, foruden hele Bashan provinsen og den nordlige halvdel af Gilead.6Allerede under Moses underlagde israelitterne sig kong Sihons og kong Ogs områder øst for Jordanfloden, og Moses fordelte landet mellem Rubens stamme, Gads stamme og Manasses halve stamme.
Det erobrede land vest for Jordanfloden
7Her følger en liste over de konger, som Josva og israelitterne besejrede vest for Jordanfloden. Det drejer sig om området fra Ba’al-Gad i Libanondalen mod nord til Halakbjerget ved Seir mod syd. Hele det område fordelte Josva mellem Israels øvrige stammer.8Området indbefattede højlandet, lavlandet, Jordandalen, bakkeskråningerne vest for højlandet, Judas ørkenland og Negev mod syd, og det var tidligere beboet af hittitterne, amoritterne, kana’anæerne, perizzitterne, hivvitterne og jebusitterne.9Kongerne over dette område var: kongen af Jeriko, kongen af Aj nær Betel,10kongen af Jerusalem, kongen af Hebron,11kongen af Jarmut, kongen af Lakish,12kongen af Eglon, kongen af Gezer,13kongen af Debir, kongen af Geder,14kongen af Horma, kongen af Arad,15kongen af Libna, kongen af Adullam,16kongen af Makkeda, kongen af Betel,17kongen af Tappua, kongen af Hefer,18kongen af Afek, kongen over Saronsletten,19kongen af Madon, kongen af Hatzor,20kongen af Shimron-Meron, kongen af Akshaf,21kongen af Ta’anak, kongen af Megiddo,22kongen af Kedesh, kongen af Jokneam i Karmel,23kongen af Dor (på Dors højderyg), kongen over Galilæas[1] folk (Josva 20,7)24og kongen af Tirtza. I alt blev 31 konger dræbt og deres byer ødelagt.
1Now these are the kings of the land whom the people of Israel defeated and took possession of their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, with all the Arabah eastward: (4.Mos 21,13; 4.Mos 21,24; 5.Mos 1,1; 5.Mos 3,8)2Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the middle of the valley as far as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, that is, half of Gilead, (1.Mos 32,22; 4.Mos 21,21; 5.Mos 2,32; 5.Mos 2,36; 5.Mos 3,6; 5.Mos 3,16)3and the Arabah to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, southward to the foot of the slopes of Pisgah; (5.Mos 3,17; 5.Mos 4,49; Josva 11,2; Josva 12,1; Josva 13,20)4and Og[1] king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei (4.Mos 21,33; 5.Mos 1,4; 5.Mos 3,3; 5.Mos 3,10; Josva 9,10; Josva 13,12; Josva 15,8; Josva 18,16)5and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan to the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and over half of Gilead to the boundary of Sihon king of Heshbon. (5.Mos 3,8; 5.Mos 3,10; 5.Mos 3,14; Josva 13,11)6Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the people of Israel defeated them. And Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land for a possession to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh. (4.Mos 21,23; 4.Mos 21,33; 4.Mos 32,29; 4.Mos 32,33; 5.Mos 3,11; Josva 13,8)
Kings Defeated by Joshua
7And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the people of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotments, (Josva 11,17; Josva 11,23; Josva 18,10)8in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb, the land of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites): (Josva 9,1; Josva 10,40; Josva 11,16)9the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; (Josva 6,2; Josva 8,29)10the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; (Josva 10,23)11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; (Josva 12,10)12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; (Josva 10,33; Josva 12,10)13the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; (Josva 10,38)14the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; (Josva 10,29)16the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; (Josva 8,17; Josva 10,28; Dom 1,22)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; (Josva 11,1; Josva 11,10)20the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; (Josva 12,19)21the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; (Josva 17,11)22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;23the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee,[2] one; (Josva 11,2; Josva 12,21)24the king of Tirzah, one: in all, thirty-one kings.