1The Israelites took over the territory east of the River Jordan. The land they captured reached from the River Arnon valley to Mount Hermon. It included the whole east side of the Arabah Valley. Israel won the battle over the kings of that whole territory. Here are the lands Israel captured from the kings they won the battle over.2They took over the land of Sihon. He was the king of the Amorites. He ruled in Heshbon. The land he ruled over begins at Aroer. Aroer is on the rim of the River Arnon valley. Sihon ruled from the middle of the valley to the River Jabbok. The Jabbok is the border of Ammon. Sihon’s territory included half of Gilead.3He also ruled over the east side of the Arabah Valley. That land begins at the Sea of Galilee. It goes to the Dead Sea and over to Beth Jeshimoth. Then it goes south, below the slopes of Pisgah.4Israel also took over the territory of Og. He was the king of Bashan. He was one of the last of the Rephaites. He ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei.5He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah and the whole land of Bashan. Og’s kingdom reached all the way to the border of Geshur and Maakah. He ruled over half of Gilead. His land reached the border of Sihon, the king of Heshbon.6Moses was the servant of the LORD. Moses and the Israelites won the battle over those two kings. He gave their land to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh. He gave it to them as their share.7Joshua and the Israelites won the battle over the kings who ruled west of the River Jordan. The lands of those kings reached from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises towards Seir. Joshua gave their lands to the tribes of Israel as their very own. He divided them up and gave each tribe its share.8Those lands included the central hill country, the western hills and the Arabah Valley. They also included the mountain slopes, the Desert of Judah and the Negev Desert. Those lands belonged to the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. Here are the kings Israel won the battle over. the king of Jericho one,
the king of Ai, which is near Bethel one,
the king of Jerusalem one,
the king of Hebron one,
the king of Jarmuth one,
the king of Lachish one,
the king of Eglon one,
the king of Gezer one,
the king of Debir one,
the king of Geder one,
the king of Hormah one,
the king of Arad one,
the king of Libnah one,
the king of Adullam one,
the king of Makkedah one,
the king of Bethel one,
the king of Tappuah one,
the king of Hepher one,
the king of Aphek one,
the king of Lasharon one,
the king of Madon one,
the king of Hazor one,
the king of Shimron Meron one,
the king of Akshaph one,
the king of Taanach one,
the king of Megiddo one,
the king of Kedesh one,
the king of Jokneam in Carmel one,
the king of Dor in Naphoth Dor one,
the king of Goyim in Gilgal one,
the king of Tirzah one,
The total number of kings was 31.