The Kings Defeated East of the Jordan

1Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites (God prevails) struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan (flowing down) to the east, from the Arnon (rushing stream) Valley to Mount Hermon (a sanctuary), including all the Arabah eastward:

2Sihon (warrior) king of the Amorites (sayers), who lived in Heshbon (stronghold). He ruled from Aroer (ruins) on the rim of the Arnon (rushing stream) Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok (emptying) River (the border of the Ammonites (tribal)), that is, half of Gilead (rocky region), 3as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth (the Sea of Galilee)a to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea (the Dead Sea)b), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth (house of the desolation), and southward below the slopes of Pisgah (cleft).

4And Og (long-necked) king of Bashan [And the territory of Og king of Bashan],c one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth (star) and Edrei (good pasture). 5He ruled over Mount Hermon (a sanctuary), Salecah (migration), all of Bashan (fruitful) up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites (she has pressed), and half of Gilead (rocky region) to the border of Sihon (warrior) king of Heshbon (stronghold).

6Moses (drawn out), the servant of the LORD {YHWH}, and the Israelites (God prevails) had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites (a troop / fortune), and the half-tribe of Manasseh (causing to forget).

The Kings Defeated West of the Jordan

7And these are the kings of the land that Joshua (YHWH saves) and the Israelites (God prevails) conquered beyond the Jordan (flowing down) to the west, from Baal-gad (lord of fortune) in the Valley of Lebanon (whiteness) to Mount Halak (smooth), which rises toward Seir (shaggy) (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance 8the hill country, the foothills {Shephelah},d the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev (southland)—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites (sayers), Canaanites (merchants), Perizzites (villagers), Hivites, and Jebusites (Jerusalemites)):

9the king of Jericho (city of palms), one;

the king of Ai (heap of ruins), which is near Bethel (house of God), one;

10the king of Jerusalem (city of peace), one;

the king of Hebron (association), one;

11the king of Jarmuth (heights), one;

the king of Lachish (invincible), one;

12the king of Eglon (calf-like), one;

the king of Gezer (portion), one;

13the king of Debir (sanctuary), one;

the king of Geder (wall), one;

14the king of Hormah (destruction), one;

the king of Arad (a wild donkey), one;

15the king of Libnah (pavement), one;

the king of Adullam (justice of the people), one;

16the king of Makkedah (place of shepherds), one;

the king of Bethel (house of God), one;

17the king of Tappuah (the apple city), one;

the king of Hepher (a well), one;

18the king of Aphek (enclosure), one;

the king of Lasharon (a plain), one;

19the king of Madon (strife), one;

the king of Hazor (castle), one;

20the king of Shimron-meron (watch-height of Meron), one;

the king of Achshaph (I shall be bewitched), one;

21the king of Taanach (sandy), one;

the king of Megiddo (place of crowds), one;

22the king of Kedesh (holy place), one;

the king of Jokneam (the people lament) in Carmel (garden-land), one;

23the king of Dor (generation) in Naphath-dor (in the heights of Dor),e one;

the king of Goiim (nations) in Gilgal [Goyim in Galilee],f one;

24and the king of Tirzah (favorable), one.

So there were thirty-one kings in all.