Neviim Rishonim:

Sefer Yehoshua / ספר יהושע

Book of Joshua Chapter 12

Entering the Promised Eretz 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ,

Conquering the Promised Eretz 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ,

Alotting the Promised Eretz 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24

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The melekhim defeated under Mosheh

12:1 Now these [are] the melekhim of the eretz, which the Benai Yisrael smote, and possessed their eretz on the other side Yarden toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

12:2 Sihon melek the Emori, who dwelt in Heshvon, [and] ruled from Aroer, which [is] upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Yabbok, [which is] the border of the Benai Ammon;

12:3 And from the plain to the sea of Kinnarot on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea on the east, the way to Beit Yeshimot; and from the south, under Ashdot-HaPisgah (slopes of Pisgah):

12:4 And the coast of Og melek Bashan, [which was] of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtarot (star) and at Edre'i (good pasture),

12:5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salkhah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshuri and the Maachati (pressure), and half Gilead, the border of Sihon melek Heshvon.

12:6 Them did Mosheh Eved YHWH(יהוה) and the Benai Yisrael smite: and Mosheh eved YHWH (יהוה) gave it [for] a possession unto the Reuvenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Menasheh.

12:7 And these [are] the melekhim of the country which Yehoshua and the Benai Yisrael smote on this side Yarden on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Levanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Yehoshua gave unto the tribes of Yisrael [for] a possession according to their divisions;

12:8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the midbar, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Emori, and the Kennaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Yevusis:

12:9 The melek Yericho, one; the melek Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one;

12:10 The melek Yerushalayim, one; the melek Hevron, one;

12:11 The melek Yarmut, one; the melek Lakhish, one;

12:12 The melek Eglon, one; the melek Gezer, one;

12:13 The melek Devir, one; the melek Geder, one;

12:14 The melek Hormah, one; the melek Arad, one;

12:15 The melek Livnah, one; the melek Adullam, one;

12:16 The melek Makkedah, one; the melek Bethel, one;

12:17 The melek Tappuah, one; the melek Hefer, one;

12:18 The melek Aphek, one; the melek Lasharon, one;

12:19 The melek Madon, one; the melek Hazor, one;

12:20 The melek Shimron-Meron, one; the melek Achshaph, one;

12:21 The melek Taanach, one; the melek Megiddo, one;

12:22 The melek Kedesh, one; the melek Yokne'am of Carmel, one;

12:23 The melek Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the melek the nations of Gilgal, one;

12:24 The melek Tzirtzah, one: all the melekhim thirty and one.


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 List of Thirty One kings of the land of Canaan

12:09

The melekh of Yericho

耶利哥王

יריחה

its moon” a city 5 miles (8 kilometers) west of the Yarden and 7 miles (11.5 kilometers) north of the Dead Sea and the first city conquered by the Israelites upon entering the promised land of Canaan

 

The melekh of Ai

希伯崙王

עי

Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = “heap of ruins”Jericho and Ai became model signal victories for Israel (Jos 9:3). Some former inhabitants of Ai returned from Babylonian exile (Ezr 2:8; Neh 7:32).

12:10

The melekh of Yerushalayim

耶路撒冷王

ירוּשׁלם

Teaching of peace

 

The melekh of Chevron

希伯崙王

חברון

seat of association;

12:11

The melekh Yarmuth

耶末王

ירמוּת

Heights; elevation; A Canaanite city in Yehudah (Jos 10:3, Jos 10:5, Jos 10:23; Jos 12:11; Jos 15:35; Neh 11:29).

 

The melekh of Lakish

拉吉王

לכישׁ

invincible

12:12

The melekh of Eglon

伊磯倫王

עגלון

calf-like melekh of Moav, royal city in Kenaan

 

The melekh of Gezer

基色王

גּזר

Gazer Gezer ; portion a levitical city on the border Efrayim

12:13

The melekh of Devir

底璧王

דּביר

Sanctuary one of 5 melekh hang by Yehoshua  the name of an Emoritish melekh

 

The melekh of Geder

基德王

גּדר

wall

12:14

The melekh of Chormah

何珥瑪王

חרמה

devotion; a town of the Canaanites, conquered by Yehoshua, allotted to Yehudah, and located in the south of Yehudah

 

The melekh of Arad

亞拉得王

ערד

A wild ass; meaning to sequester itself; fugitive;

12:15

The melekh of Libnah

立拿王

לבנה

Pavement station between Sinai - Kadesh of Israel during their wilderness wanderings a royal city of the Canaanites in the southwest captured by Joshua; allocated to Yehudah and made a Levitical city; site unknown

 

The melekh of Adullam

亞杜蘭王

עדלּם

Justice of the people;a town of the Kenaanites allotted to Yehudah and lying in the lowlands; site of the cave where David hid

12:16

The melekh of Makkedah

瑪基大王

מקּדה

place of shepherds the location of a cave in Yehudah where Yehoshua captured and executed five Canaanite melekhim during the conquest; located near Beth horon and Libnah (Jos 10:10, Jos 10:16-17, Jos 10:21, Jos 10:28-29; Jos 12:16; Jos 15:41).

 

The melekh of Beth-EL

伯特利王

בּית־אל

The Bayit Elohim; Abraham tented near it (Gen 12:8; Gen 13:3), and Jacob dreamed important dreams there (Gen 28:19). It was given to the tribe of Benjamin (Jos 12:16; Jos 18:22).

12:17

The melekh of Tappuah

他普亞王

תּפּוּח

The apple city

 

The melekh Hepher

希弗王

חפר

a well a pit or shame;

12:18

The melekh of Aphek

亞弗王

אפק

Aphek (or Aphik) enclosure in the sense of strength); fortress

 

The melekh of Lasharon

拉沙崙王

שׁרון

plain, level

12:19

The melekh of Madon

瑪頓王

מדון

Strife; one of the principal cities of Canaan who joined Jabin and his confederates in their battle against Joshua at the waters of Merom and were defeated

 

The melekh Chazor

夏瑣王

חצור

Castle a site in Arabia

12:20

The melekh Shimrom-Meron

伸崙米崙王

שׁמרון מראון

Watch- Height of Meron guard of lashing

 

The Akshaph

押煞王

אכשׁף

I shall be bewitched

12:21

The melekh of Taanach

他納王

תּענך  

Sandy Menasheh inherited it and it was a Levitical city as well (Jos_21:25).

 

The melekh of Megiddo

米吉多王

מגדּון

place of crowds, Zech 12;11 Meddidon

12:22

The Kedesh

基低斯王

קדשׁ

 Holy place, a city of refuge in Naphtali

 

The melekh of Yokneam near Carmel

靠近迦密約念王

יקנעם כּרמל

The people lament

12:23

The melekh of Dor

多珥王

דּאר

Dowr generation; in the city of Naphathdor

 

The melekh of Goyim

吉甲的戈印王

 גּוי

Nation People

12:24

The melekh of Tirzah

得撒王

תּרצה

favourable; delightsomeness;

 

Total of 31 melekhim

共計三十一個王