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Joshua 12:9
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the king of Jericho one
the king of Yericho, one; the king of `Ai, which is beside Beit-El, one;
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
Jericho, Ai (near Bethel),
the king of Jericho (one), the king of Ai—located near Bethel—(one),
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
The King of Iericho was one: the King of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one:
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
Jericho, Ai near Bethel, Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, Eglon, Gezer, Debir, Geder, Hormah, Arad, Libnah, Adullam, Makkedah, Bethel, Tappuah, Hepher, Aphek, Lasharon, Madon, Hazor, Shimron-Meron, Achshaph, Taanach, Megiddo, Kedesh, Jokneam on Mount Carmel, Dor in Naphath-Dor, Goiim in Galilee, and Tirzah. There were thirty-one of these kings in all.
the king of Yericho, the king of ‘Ai, by Beit-El,
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
the king of Jericho, the king of Ai near Bethel,
These are the kings of the land whom Joshua slew: The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;
The people of Israel defeated the kings of the following cities: Jericho, Ai (near Bethel),
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
The kynge of Iericho, the kynge of Hai, which lyeth besyde Bethel,
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;
The king of Iericho, was one: the king of Ai which is beside Bethel, one:
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;
The king of Iericho, one: the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one:
The king of Jericho, and the king of Gai, which is near Baethel;
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;
The kyng of Jerico oon; the kyng of Hai, which is at the side of Bethel, oon;
The king of Jericho, one; The king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one;
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
The king of Jericho one; the king of Ai, which [is] beside Beth-el, one;
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
The king of Jericho The king of Ai, near Bethel
There was the king of Jericho, the king of Ai which is beside Bethel,
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The king of Jericho, one, the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one,
The king of Jericho one: the king of Hai, which is on the side of Bethel, one:
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
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the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jericho: Joshua 6:2-21
Ai: Joshua 8:1, Joshua 8:17, Joshua 8:29-35
Reciprocal: Joshua 5:1 - all the kings Joshua 7:2 - to Ai
Cross-References
Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.
And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.
And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;
Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.
When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The king of Jericho, one,.... Who was first taken, and so named first, Joshua 6:21;
the king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one; who was next taken and though Bethel was so near Ai, it had a king of its own, after mentioned, see Joshua 7:1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10-18 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Joshua 10:1 ff), the power of which was broken in the battle of Beth-horon, or were at any rate conquered in the campaign following that battle. Those mentioned in Joshua 12:19-24 were in like manner connected with the northern confederates (Joshua 11:1 ff), who were defeated at the Waters of Merom.
Joshua 12:13-20
The identification of several of these places is still uncertain: the same name (e. g. Aphek, Joshua 12:18) being applied to various places in various parts of Palestine. Geder, or Gedor Joshua 15:58, a city in the mountain district in the south of the territory of Judah, is no doubt the modern “Jedur”.
Joshua 12:21
Taanach - A Levitical town Joshua 21:25 in the territory of Issachar, but assigned to the Manassites (Joshua 17:11; Compare 1 Chronicles 7:29), is identified with “Taanuk”. It was here that Barak encountered the host of Sisera Judges 5:19. Megiddo was near it, and is thought to have been “el Lejjun” (the Roman Legion), (or Mujedd’a (Conder)).
Joshua 12:22
Kedesh - i. e. Kedesh Naphtali, a city of refuge, a Levitical city, and the home of Barak Judges 9:6.
Jokneam - A Levitical city in the territory of Zebulon Joshua 19:11; perhaps the modern “Kaimon”. “Tell Kaimon” is a conspicuous and important position, commanding the main pass across the ridge of Carmel from Phoenicia to Egypt. This famous mountain range (about 15 miles long) no doubt received the name Carmel (the word means “a fruitful field” as opposed to “wilderness”) as descriptive of its character; and thus the name became an emblem of beauty and luxuriance (Isaiah 35:2; Song of Solomon 7:5, etc.). Its highest part, about 4 miles from Tell Kaimon, is nearly 1,750 feet above the sea. Its modern name, “Jebel Mar Elias”, preserves still that association with the great deeds of Elijah, from which Carmel derives its chief Biblical interest. Mount Carmel was probably, like Lebanon, from very ancient Canaanite times, regarded as especially sacred; and since the altar of the Lord repaired by Elijah 1 Kings 18:30 was an old one which had been broken down, Carmel was probably no less esteemed by the Israelites also. In later times the caves which abound toward the western bluffs of the range have been frequented by Christian, Jewish, and Mussulman anchorites. The order of Carmelite or barefooted friars took its rise from the convent founded by Louis, which still crowns the western headland.
Joshua 12:23
The king of the nations - See Genesis 14:1 and note. It means king of certain mixed and probably nomadic tribes, which regarded Gilgal Joshua 9:19 as their center and capital.
Joshua 12:24
Tirzah - This place, the capital of Jeroboam and his successors until the clays of Omri (1Ki 14:17; 1 Kings 15:21, etc.), is identified by some with “Tulluzah”, a town 3 miles northeast of Nablous, (by others with Teiasir).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Joshua 12:9. The king of Jericho, &c. — On this and the following verses see the notes on Joshua 10:1-3.
