Joshua 12-15 - Prayer Tents

Joshua 12

Kings Defeated East of the Jordan

12These are the kings east of the Jordan River who had been killed by the Israelites and whose land was taken. Their territory extended from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon and included all the land east of the Jordan Valley

.H4428H776H1121H3478H5221H3423H776H5676H3383H4217H8121H5158H769H2022H2768H6160H42172King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half of the territory of Gilead.H5511H4428H567H3427H2809H4910H6177H8193H5158H769H8432H5158H2677H1568H5158H2999H1366H1121H59833Sihon also controlled the Jordan Valley and regions to the east—from as far north as the Sea of Galilee to as far south as the Dead Sea

, including the road to Beth-jeshimoth and southward to the slopes of Pisgah.H6160H3220H3672H4217H3220H6160H4417H3220H4217H1870H1020H8486H798H7944King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.H1366H5747H4428H1316H3499H7497H3427H6252H1545He ruled a territory stretching from Mount Hermon to Salecah in the north and to all of Bashan in the east, and westward to the borders of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah. This territory included the northern half of Gilead, as far as the boundary of King Sihon of Heshbon.H4910H2022H2768H5548H1316H1366H1651H4602H2677H1568H1366H5511H4428H28096Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had destroyed the people of King Sihon and King Og. And Moses gave their land as a possession to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.H4872H5650H3068H1121H3478H5221H4872H5650H3068H5414H3425H7206H1425H2677H7626H4519

Kings Defeated West of the Jordan

7The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the Israelite armies defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as their possession,H4428H776H3091H1121H3478H5221H5676H3383H3220H1171H1237H3844H2022H2510H5927H8165H3091H5414H7626H3478H3425H42568including the hill country, the western foothills

, the Jordan Valley, the mountain slopes, the Judean wilderness, and the Negev. The people who lived in this region were the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.) These are the kings Israel defeated.H2022H8219H6160H794H4057H5045H2850H567H3669H6522H2340H29839The king of Jericho The king of Ai, near BethelH4428H3405H259H4428H5857H6654H1008H25910The king of Jerusalem The king of HebronH4428H3389H259H4428H2275H25911The king of Jarmuth The king of LachishH4428H3412H259H4428H3923H25912The king of Eglon The king of GezerH4428H5700H259H4428H1507H25913The king of Debir The king of GederH4428H1688H259H4428H1445H25914The king of Hormah The king of AradH4428H2767H259H4428H6166H25915The king of Libnah The king of AdullamH4428H3841H259H4428H5725H25916The king of Makkedah The king of BethelH4428H4719H259H4428H1008H25917The king of Tappuah The king of HepherH4428H8599H259H4428H2660H25918The king of Aphek The king of LasharonH4428H663H259H4428H8289H25919The king of Madon The king of HazorH4428H4068H259H4428H2674H25920The king of Shimron-meron The king of AcshaphH4428H8112H259H4428H407H25921The king of Taanach The king of MegiddoH4428H8590H259H4428H4023H25922The king of Kedesh The king of Jokneam in CarmelH4428H6943H259H4428H3362H3760H25923The king of Dor in the town of Naphoth-dor

The king of Goyim in GilgalH4428H1756H5299H1756H259H4428H1471H1537H25924The king of Tirzah. In all, thirty-one kings were defeated.H4428H8656H259H4428H7970H259

Joshua 13

The Land Yet to Be Conquered

13When Joshua was an old man, the LORD said to him, "You are growing old, and much land remains to be conquered.H3091H2204H935H3117H3068H559H2204H935H3117H7604H3966H7235H776H34232This is the territory that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and the Geshurites,H776H7604H1552H6430H16513and the larger territory of the Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shihor on the border of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron. It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The land of the AvvitesH7883H6440H4714H1366H6138H6828H2803H3669H2568H5633H6430H5841H796H832H1663H6139H57614in the south also remains to be conquered. In the north, the following area has not yet been conquered: all the land of the Canaanites, including Mearah (which belongs to the Sidonians), stretching northward to Aphek on the border of the Amorites;H8486H776H3669H4632H6722H663H1366H5675the land of the Gebalites and all of the Lebanon mountain area to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath;H776H1382H3844H4217H8121H1171H2022H2768H935H25746and all the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, including all the land of the Sidonians."I myself will drive these people out of the land ahead of the Israelites. So be sure to give this land to Israel as a special possession, just as I have commanded you.H3427H2022H3844H4956H6722H3423H6440H1121H3478H5307H3478H5159H66807Include all this territory as Israel's possession when you divide this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."H2505H776H5159H8672H7626H2677H7626H4519

The Land Divided East of the Jordan

8Half the tribe of Manasseh and the tribes of Reuben and Gad had already received their grants of land on the east side of the Jordan, for Moses, the servant of the LORD, had previously assigned this land to them.H7206H1425H3947H5159H4872H5414H5676H3383H4217H4872H5650H3068H54149Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba, as far as Dibon.H6177H8193H5158H769H5892H8432H5158H4334H4311H176910It also included all the towns of King Sihon of the Amorites, who had reigned in Heshbon, and extended as far as the borders of Ammon.H5892H5511H4428H567H4427H2809H1366H1121H598311It included Gilead, the territory of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon, all of Bashan as far as Salecah,H1568H1366H1651H4602H2022H2768H1316H554812and all the territory of King Og of Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. King Og was the last of the Rephaites, for Moses had attacked them and driven them out.H4468H5747H1316H4427H6252H154H7604H3499H7497H4872H5221H342313But the Israelites failed to drive out the people of Geshur and Maacah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.H1121H3478H3423H1651H4602H1650H4601H3427H7130H3478H3117

An Allotment for the Tribe of Levi

14Moses did not assign any allotment of land to the tribe of Levi. Instead, as the LORD had promised them, their allotment came from the offerings burned on the altar to the LORD, the God of Israel.H7626H3878H5414H5159H801H3068H430H3478H801H5159H1696

The Land Given to the Tribe of Reuben

15Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the tribe of Reuben.H4872H5414H4294H1121H7205H494016Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba.H1366H6177H8193H5158H769H5892H8432H5158H4334H431117It included Heshbon and the other towns on the plain—Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,H2809H5892H4334H1769H1120H101018Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,H3096H6932H415819Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill above the valley,H7156H7643H6890H2022H601020Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth.H1047H798H794H102021The land of Reuben also included all the towns of the plain and the entire kingdom of Sihon. Sihon was the Amorite king who had reigned in Heshbon and was killed by Moses along with the leaders of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—princes living in the region who were allied with Sihon.H5892H4334H4468H5511H4428H567H4427H2809H4872H5221H5387H4080H189H7552H6698H2354H7254H5257H5511H3427H77622The Israelites had also killed Balaam son of Beor, who used magic to tell the future.H1109H1121H1160H7080H1121H3478H2026H2719H413H249123The Jordan River marked the western boundary for the tribe of Reuben. The towns and their surrounding villages in this area were given as a homeland to the clans of the tribe of Reuben.H1366H1121H7205H3383H1366H5159H1121H7205H4940H5892H2691

The Land Given to the Tribe of Gad

24Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the tribe of Gad.H4872H5414H4294H1410H1121H1410H494025Their territory included Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, and half of the land of Ammon, as far as the town of Aroer just west of

Rabbah.H1366H3270H5892H1568H2677H776H1121H5983H6177H6440H723726It extended from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Lo-debar

.H2809H7434H993H4266H1366H168827In the valley were Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon. The western boundary ran along the Jordan River, extended as far north as the tip of the Sea of Galilee

, and then turned eastward.H6010H1027H1039H5523H6829H3499H4468H5511H4428H2809H3383H1366H7097H3220H3672H5676H3383H421728The towns and their surrounding villages in this area were given as a homeland to the clans of the tribe of Gad.H5159H1121H1410H4940H5892H2691

The Land Given to the Half-Tribe of Manasseh

29Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh.H4872H5414H2677H7626H4519H2677H4294H1121H4519H494030Their territory extended from Mahanaim, including all of Bashan, all the former kingdom of King Og, and the sixty towns of Jair in Bashan.H1366H4266H1316H4468H5747H4428H1316H2333H2971H1316H8346H589231It also included half of Gilead and King Og's royal cities of Ashtaroth and Edrei. All this was given to the clans of the descendants of Makir, who was Manasseh's son.H2677H1568H6252H154H5892H4468H5747H1316H1121H4353H1121H4519H2677H1121H4353H494032These are the allotments Moses had made while he was on the plains of Moab, across the Jordan River, east of Jericho.H4872H5157H6160H4124H5676H3383H3405H421733But Moses gave no allotment of land to the tribe of Levi, for the LORD, the God of Israel, had promised that he himself would be their allotment.H7626H3878H4872H5414H5159H3068H430H3478H5159H1696

Joshua 14

The Land Divided West of the Jordan

14The remaining tribes of Israel received land in Canaan as allotted by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders.H1121H3478H5157H776H3667H499H3548H3091H1121H5126H7218H1H4294H1121H3478H51572These nine and a half tribes received their grants of land by means of sacred lots, in accordance with the LORD's command through Moses.H1486H5159H3068H6680H3027H4872H8672H4294H2677H42943Moses had already given a grant of land to the two and a half tribes on the east side of the Jordan River, but he had given the Levites no such allotment.H4872H5414H5159H8147H4294H2677H4294H5676H3383H3881H5414H5159H84324The descendants of Joseph had become two separate tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. And the Levites were given no land at all, only towns to live in with surrounding pasturelands for their livestock and all their possessions.H1121H3130H8147H4294H4519H669H5414H2506H3881H776H5892H3427H4054H4735H70755So the land was distributed in strict accordance with the LORD's commands to Moses.H3068H6680H4872H1121H3478H6213H2505H776

Caleb Requests His Land

6A delegation from the tribe of Judah, led by Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, came to Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb said to Joshua, "Remember what the LORD said to Moses, the man of God, about you and me when we were at Kadesh-barnea.H1121H3063H5066H3091H1537H3612H1121H3312H7074H559H3045H1697H3068H1696H4872H376H430H182H182H69477I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the LORD, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land of Canaan. I returned and gave an honest report,H705H8141H1121H4872H5650H3068H7971H6947H7270H776H7725H1697H7725H38248but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.H251H5927H3820H5971H4529H4390H310H3068H4309So that day Moses solemnly promised me, 'The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.'H4872H7650H3117H559H776H7272H1869H5159H1121H5704H5769H4390H310H3068H43010"Now, as you can see, the LORD has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old.H3068H2421H1696H705H2568H8141H227H3068H1696H1697H4872H3478H1980H4057H3117H8084H2568H8141H112111I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then.H2389H3117H3117H4872H7971H3581H3581H4421H3318H93512So give me the hill country that the LORD promised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the descendants of Anak living there in great, walled towns. But if the LORD is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the LORD said."H5414H2022H3068H1696H3117H8085H3117H6062H5892H1419H1219H194H3068H854H3423H3068H169613So Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave Hebron to him as his portion of land.H3091H1288H5414H3612H1121H3312H2275H515914Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.H2275H5159H3612H1121H3312H7074H3117H4390H310H3068H430H347815(Previously Hebron had been called Kiriath-arba. It had been named after Arba, a great hero of the descendants of Anak.) And the land had rest from war.H8034H2275H6440H7153H1419H120H6062H776H8252H4421

Joshua 15

The Land Given to the Tribe of Judah

15The allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah reached southward to the border of Edom, as far south as the wilderness of Zin.H1486H4294H1121H3063H4940H1366H123H4057H6790H5045H7097H84862The southern boundary began at the south bay of the Dead Sea

,H5045H1366H7097H4417H3220H3956H6437H50453ran south of Scorpion Pass

into the wilderness of Zin, and then went south of Kadesh-barnea to Hezron. Then it went up to Addar, where it turned toward Karka.H3318H5045H4610H5674H6790H5927H5045H6947H5674H2696H5927H146H5437H71734From there it passed to Azmon until it finally reached the Brook of Egypt, which it followed to the Mediterranean Sea

. This was their southern boundary.H5674H6111H3318H5158H4714H8444H1366H3220H5045H13665The eastern boundary extended along the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan River. The northern boundary began at the bay where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea,H6924H1366H4417H3220H7097H3383H1366H6828H6285H3956H3220H7097H33836went up from there to Beth-hoglah, then proceeded north of Beth-arabah to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan was Reuben's son.)H1366H5927H1031H5674H6828H1026H1366H5927H68H932H1121H72057From that point it went through the valley of Achor to Debir, turning north toward Gilgal, which is across from the slopes of Adummim on the south side of the valley. From there the boundary extended to the springs at En-shemesh and on to En-rogel.H1366H5927H1688H6010H5911H6828H6437H1537H5227H4608H131H5045H5158H1366H5674H4325H5885H8444H58838The boundary then passed through the valley of Ben-Hinnom, along the southern slopes of the Jebusites, where the city of Jerusalem is located. Then it went west to the top of the mountain above the valley of Hinnom, and on up to the northern end of the valley of Rephaim.H1366H5927H1516H1121H2011H5045H3802H2983H3389H1366H5927H7218H2022H6440H1516H2011H3220H7097H6010H7497H68289From there the boundary extended from the top of the mountain to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah

, and from there to the towns on Mount Ephron. Then it turned toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).H1366H8388H7218H2022H4599H4325H5318H3318H5892H2022H6085H1366H8388H1173H715710The boundary circled west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the town of Kesalon on the northern slope of Mount Jearim, and went down to Beth-shemesh and on to Timnah.H1366H5437H1173H3220H2022H8165H5674H3802H2022H3297H3693H6828H3381H1053H5674H855311The boundary then proceeded to the slope of the hill north of Ekron, where it turned toward Shikkeron and Mount Baalah. It passed Jabneel and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.H1366H3318H3802H6138H6828H1366H8388H7942H5674H2022H1173H3318H2995H8444H1366H322012The western boundary was the shoreline of the Mediterranean Sea

. These are the boundaries for the clans of the tribe of Judah.H3220H1366H1419H3220H1366H1366H1121H3063H5439H4940

The Land Given to Caleb

13The LORD commanded Joshua to assign some of Judah's territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh. So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), which had been named after Anak's ancestor.H3612H1121H3312H5414H2506H8432H1121H3063H413H6310H3068H3091H7151H704H7153H1H6061H227514Caleb drove out the three groups of Anakites—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the sons of Anak.H3612H3423H7969H1121H6061H8344H289H8526H3211H606115From there he went to fight against the people living in the town of Debir (formerly called Kiriath-sepher).H5927H3427H1688H8034H1688H6440H715816Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher."H3612H559H5221H7158H3920H5414H5915H1323H80217Othniel, the son of Caleb's brother Kenaz, was the one who conquered it, so Acsah became Othniel's wife.H6274H1121H7073H251H3612H3920H5414H5915H1323H80218When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him

to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What's the matter?"H935H5496H7592H1H7704H6795H2543H3612H55919She said, "Give me another gift. You have already given me land in the Negev; now please give me springs of water, too." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.H559H5414H1293H5414H5045H776H5414H1543H4325H5414H5942H1543H8482H1543

The Towns Allotted to Judah

20This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Judah.H5159H4294H1121H3063H494021The towns of Judah situated along the borders of Edom in the extreme south were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,H7097H5892H4294H1121H3063H1366H123H5045H6909H5740H301722Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,H7016H1776H573523Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,H6943H2674H349724Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,H2128H2928H117525Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),H2674H2675H7152H2696H267426Amam, Shema, Moladah,H538H8090H413727Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet,H2693H2829H104628Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,H2705H884H96429Baalah, Iim, Ezem,H1173H5864H610730Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah,H513H3686H276731Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,H6860H4089H557832Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine towns with their surrounding villages.H3822H7978H5871H7417H5892H6242H8672H269133The following towns situated in the western foothills

were also given to Judah: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,H8219H847H6881H82334Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,H2182H5873H8599H587935Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,H3412H5725H7755H582536Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim—fourteen towns with their surrounding villages.H8189H5723H1449H1453H702H6240H5892H269137Also included were Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,H6799H2322H402838Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,H1810H4708H337139Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,H3923H1218H570040Cabbon, Lahmam, Kitlish,H3522H3903H379841Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen towns with their surrounding villages.H1450H1016H5279H4719H8337H6240H5892H269142Besides these, there were Libnah, Ether, Ashan,H3841H6281H622843Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,H3316H823H533444Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah—nine towns with their surrounding villages.H7084H392H4762H8672H5892H269145The territory of the tribe of Judah also included Ekron and its surrounding settlements and villages.H6138H1323H269146From Ekron the boundary extended west and included the towns near Ashdod with their surrounding villages.H6138H3220H3027H795H269147It also included Ashdod with its surrounding settlements and villages and Gaza with its settlements and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.H795H1323H2691H5804H1323H2691H5158H4714H1419H1366H3220H136648Judah also received the following towns in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,H2022H8069H3492H775549Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),H1837H7158H168850Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,H6024H851H604451Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven towns with their surrounding villages.H1657H2473H1542H259H6240H5892H269152Also included were the towns of Arab, Dumah, Eshan,H694H1746H82453Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,H3241H1054H66454Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine towns with their surrounding villages.H2547H7153H2275H6730H8672H5892H269155Besides these, there were Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,H4584H3760H2128H319456Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,H3157H3347H218257Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten towns with their surrounding villages.H7014H1390H8553H6235H5892H269158In addition, there were Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,H2478H1049H144659Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon—six towns with their surrounding villages.H4638H1042H515H8337H5892H269160There were also Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah—two towns with their surrounding villages.H7154H7157H7237H8147H5892H269161In the wilderness there were the towns of Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,H4057H1026H4081H552762Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six towns with their surrounding villages.H5044H5898H5872H8337H5892H269163But the tribe of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites, who lived in the city of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live there among the people of Judah to this day.H2983H3427H3389H1121H3063H3201H3201H3423H2983H3427H1121H3063H3389H3117