A lista dos reis derrotados
1Esta é a lista dos reis da margem oriental do rio Jordão, cujas cidades foram destruídas pelos israelitas; uma área que ia desde o vale do rio Arnom até ao monte Hermon, incluindo as cidades do deserto oriental.
2Um deles era o rei Siom dos amorreus, que vivia em Hesbom. O seu reino cobria o território que tinha por limite, dum lado Aroer, mesmo na extremidade do vale de Arnom, e a meio da depressão cavada pelo rio Arnom, e do outro lado o rio Jaboque até metade de Gileade, que servia de fronteira com os amonitas. 3Portanto, inclui desde a planície até ao mar da Galileia, do lado oriental, até ao mar da planície, o mar Salgado, estendendo-se em direção a Bete-Jesimote, a sul, até às encostas do monte Pisga.
4Outro era o rei Ogue de Basã, o último dos refaítas, que vivia em Astarote e Edrei. 5Era ele quem governava aquele território que se estendia do monte Hermon a norte, até Salca no monte Basã, a oriente; a ocidente ia até aos limites dos reinos de Gesur e Maacá. O seu reino cobria também uma área a sul, que incluía a metade norte de Gileade, onde a fronteira tocava os limites do reino de Siom rei de Hesbom. 6Moisés e o povo de Israel tinham destruído esses povos e a terra tinha sido dada à tribo de Rúben, à tribo de Gad e à meia tribo de Manassés.
7Foram ainda os seguintes reinos que Josué, comandando o exército de Israel, destruiu a ocidente do Jordão. (Essa terra que fica entre Baal-Gad no vale do Líbano e o monte Halaque, a ocidente do monte Seir, foi dada por Josué às outras tribos de Israel. 8Essa área incluía a zona das colinas, as planuras, o Arabá, as vertentes na montanha, o deserto da Judeia e o Negueve. Os povos que lá viviam eram os hititas, os amorreus, os cananeus, os perizeus, os heveus e os jebuseus.)
9Eram os reis das seguintes cidades:
Jericó,
Ai perto de Betel,
10Jerusalém,
Hebrom,
11Jarmute,
Laquis,
12Eglom,
Gezer,
13Debir,
Geder,
14Horma,
Arade,
15Libna,
Adulão,
16Maqueda,
Betel,
17Tapua,
Hefer,
18Afeque,
Lasarom,
19Madom,
Hazor,
20Simrom-Merom,
Acsafe,
21Taanaque,
Megido,
22Quedes,
Jocneão no Carmelo,
23Dor em Nafate-Dor,
Goiim em Gilgal,
24e Tirza.
Ao todo, trinta e um reis que foram aniquilados e as suas cidades destruídas.
Israel Wins the Battle Over the Kings in the Land
1The Israelites took over the territory east of the Jordan River. The land they captured reached from the Arnon River valley to Mount Hermon. It included the whole east side of the Arabah Valley. Israel won the battle over the kings of that whole territory. Here are the lands Israel captured from the kings they won the battle over.
2They took over the land of Sihon. He was the king of the Amorites. He ruled in Heshbon.
The land he ruled over begins at Aroer. Aroer is on the rim of the Arnon River valley. Sihon ruled from the middle of the valley to the Jabbok River. The Jabbok is the border of Ammon. Sihon’s territory included half of Gilead.
3He also ruled over the east side of the Arabah Valley. That land begins at the Sea of Galilee. It goes to the Dead Sea and over to Beth Jeshimoth. Then it goes south, below the slopes of Pisgah.
4Israel also took over the territory of Og. He was the king of Bashan. He was one of the last of the Rephaites. He ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
5He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah and the whole land of Bashan. Og’s kingdom reached all the way to the border of Geshur and Maakah. He ruled over half of Gilead. His land reached the border of Sihon, the king of Heshbon.
6Moses was the servant of the Lord. Moses and the Israelites won the battle over those two kings. He gave their land to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh. He gave it to them as their share.
7Joshua and the Israelites won the battle over the kings who ruled west of the Jordan River. The lands of those kings reached from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands to the tribes of Israel as their very own. He divided them up and gave each tribe its share. 8Those lands included the central hill country, the western hills and the Arabah Valley. They also included the mountain slopes, the Desert of Judah and the Negev Desert. Those lands belonged to the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
Here are the kings Israel won the battle over.
The total number of kings was 31.
