Joshua 12:1 meaning and explanation

Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

Joshua 12:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Joshua 12 opens a summary list of the kings Israel defeated, and verse 1 introduces the first group: the two kings east of the Jordan. The narrator looks back after the conquest, naming the territory from the Arnon Valley in the south to Mount Hermon in the north, including the Arabah, the Jordan Valley floor.

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