Joshua 12:5

Translations

Modern

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Traditional

And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Literal

…and reigned over Mount Hermon, and over Salcah, and over all Bashan as far as the border of the Geshurite and the Maachathite, and over half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Latin

Gessuri, et Machati, et dimidiæ partis Galaad: terminos Sehon regis Hesebon.

Original

Hebrew

English

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Notes

Joshua 12:1–24

This chapter summarizes Israel's victories on both sides of the Jordan River. It then moves to Joshua distributing the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel (chapter 13).

Joshua 7:1–12:24

This second major section of the book records Joshua's southern and northern campaigns against two coalitions of kings from Canaan. Joshua's victories allowed Israel to settle the hill country from Galilee in the north to the Negev in the south.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua

Events

War with Canaanites

Related verses

Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
Joshua 13:11
…also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—
1 Samuel 27:8
Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
Deuteronomy 3:8–10
At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
2 Samuel 15:8
For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
2 Samuel 23:34
Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
Joshua 11:3
…to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
Deuteronomy 4:47–48
They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
2 Samuel 13:37
Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.
2 Samuel 3:3
…his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
Joshua 12:1
Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
2 Kings 25:23
When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

People

Sihon: Amorite king of Heshbon, defeated by the Israelites

Places

Bashan: Region east of the Jordan, known for its fertility Geshur: Aramean kingdom; Talmai's domain; refuge for Absalom Gilead: Mountainous region east of Jordan; tribal territory and personal name Heshbon: Amorite city conquered by Moses, allotted to Reuben Maacah: A region near Geshur Mount Hermon: Mountain on the northern border of Israel Salecah: City in Bashan, east of the Jordan River

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Gad, Tribe of Hermonite Jabbok Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Maacah, Maachah (Place) Maacathite, Maachathi, Maachathite Mount Hermon Numbers, Book of Og Salcah, Salchah, Salecah Sihon Tribe of Dan

Topics

Bashan: Allotted to the Two and One Half Tribes, Which had Their Possession East of the Jordan River Canaan: Land of After the Conquest by Joshua Maachah: Also Called Maacah and Maachathi: A Small Kingdom East of Bashan Og: Land of, Given to the Tribes of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh Salcah: A City of the Tribe of Gad

Joshua 12:5

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