Joshua 12:1

Now, these, are the kings of the land, whom the sons of Israel had smitten, and of whose land they had taken possession, over the Jordan, towards the rising of the sun,—from the ravine of Arnon, as far as Mount Hermon, and all the waste plain, on the east:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Now 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:

In Context

2Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon,—ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon, and the middle of the ravine, and half Gilead, even as far as the ravine Jabbok, the boundary of the sons of Ammon;

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Cross References

Numbers 21:13From thence, brake they up, and encamped on the other side of Arnon which is in the desert, that cometh forth out of the boundary of the Amorites,—for, Arnon, is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Numbers 21:24And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword,—and took possession of his land, from Arnon unto Jabbok, unto the sons of Ammon, for strong, was the boundary of the sons of Ammon.

Deuteronomy 2:24Arise ye, set forward and cross over the ravine of Arnon, see! I have given into thy hand—Sihon king of Heshbon, the Amorite and his land, begin—take possession,—and engage in strife with him in battle.

Deuteronomy 3:1Then turned we and went up, the way of Bashan; and Og king of Bashan, came out to meet us, he, and all his people, to give battle at Edrei.

Deuteronomy 4:44This, then is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel:

Deuteronomy 4:48from Aroer which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon, even unto Mount Sion, the same, is Hermon;

Matthew Henry on Joshua 12:1

This chapter is a summary of Israel's conquests. I. Their conquests under Moses, on the other side Jordan (for we now suppose ourselves in Canaan) eastward, which we had the history of, Num. xxi. 24 , &c. And here the abridgment of that history, ver. 1-6 . II. Their conquests under Joshua, on this side Jordan, westward. 1. The country they reduced, ver. 7, 8 . 2. The kings they subdued, thirty-one in all, ver. 9-24 . And this comes in here, not only as a conclusion of the history of the wars of Canaan (that we… Read the whole commentary →

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