וְאֵ֣לֶּה ׀ מַלְכֵ֣י הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִכּ֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיִּרְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־אַרְצָ֔ם בְּעֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן מִזְרְחָ֣ה הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ מִנַּ֣חַל אַרְנ֔וֹן עַד־הַ֖ר חֶרְמֽוֹן וְכׇל־הָעֲרָבָ֖ה מִזְרָֽחָה׃
These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and whose territory they took possession of east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including the entire eastern Arabah:
KJV Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
Notes & Key Terms
Translator Notes
- The chapter opens the comprehensive catalog of defeated kings — first the Transjordan conquests under Moses (vv. 1-6), then the Cisjordan conquests under Joshua (vv. 7-24). The verb yarash ('to take possession, to dispossess') connects the catalog to the central conquest theme. Mi-nachal Arnon ad Har Chermon ('from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon') — the full north-south extent of Transjordan territory: the Arnon gorge (modern Wadi Mujib in Jordan, the northern border of Moab) to Hermon in the far north.