Joshua 12:9

Christian Standard Bible ®

the king of Jericho one

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
the king of Yericho, one; the king of `Ai, which is beside Beit-El, one;

King James Version
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

Lexham English Bible
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

English Standard Version
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

New Century Version
Jericho, Ai (near Bethel),

New English Translation
the king of Jericho (one), the king of Ai—located near Bethel—(one),

Amplified Bible
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

New American Standard Bible
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

Geneva Bible (1587)
The King of Iericho was one: the King of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one:

Legacy Standard Bible
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

Contemporary English Version
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.

Complete Jewish Bible
the king of Yericho, the king of ‘Ai, by Beit-El,

Darby Translation
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

Easy-to-Read Version
the king of Jericho, the king of Ai near Bethel,

George Lamsa Translation
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;

Good News Translation
The people of Israel defeated the kings of the following cities: Jericho, Ai (near Bethel),

Literal Translation
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The kynge of Iericho, the kynge of Hai, which lyeth besyde Bethel,

American Standard Version
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;

Bible in Basic English
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Beth-el, one;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The king of Iericho, was one: the king of Ai which is beside Bethel, one:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;

King James Version (1611)
The king of Iericho, one: the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The king of Jericho, and the king of Gai, which is near Baethel;

English Revised Version
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;

Berean Standard Bible
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The kyng of Jerico oon; the kyng of Hai, which is at the side of Bethel, oon;

Young's Literal Translation
The king of Jericho, one; The king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one;

Update Bible Version
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

Webster's Bible Translation
The king of Jericho one; the king of Ai, which [is] beside Beth-el, one;

World English Bible
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

New King James Version
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

New Living Translation
The king of Jericho The king of Ai, near Bethel

New Life Bible
There was the king of Jericho, the king of Ai which is beside Bethel,

New Revised Standard
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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The king of Jericho, one, the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king of Jericho one: the king of Hai, which is on the side of Bethel, one:

Revised Standard Version
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

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New American Standard Bible (1995)
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

Contextual Overview

⁷Joshua and the Israelites struck down the following kings of the land beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which ascends toward Seir (Joshua gave their land as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments: ⁸the hill country, the Judean foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hethites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites): ⁹the king of Jericho one¹⁰the king of Jerusalem one ¹¹the king of Jarmuth one ¹²the king of Eglon one ¹³the king of Debir one ¹⁴the king of Hormah one ¹⁵the king of Libnah one ¹⁶the king of Makkedah one

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

Genesis 12:13
Please say you’re my sister so it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared on your account.”

Genesis 12:14
When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Genesis 13:1
Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev—he, his wife, and all he had, and Lot with him.

Genesis 13:3
He went by stages from the Negev to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been,

Genesis 24:62
Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev region.

Psalms 105:13
wandering from nation to nationand from one kingdom to another,

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.