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The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the Israelite armies defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as their possession, including the hill country, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, the mountain slopes, the Judean wilderness, and the Negev. The people who lived in this region were the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.) These are the kings Israel defeated:‍The king of Jericho‍The king of Ai, near Bethel‍The king of Jerusalem‍The king of Hebron‍The king of Jarmuth‍The king of Lachish‍The king of Eglon‍The king of Gezer‍The king of Debir‍The king of Geder‍The king of Hormah‍The king of Arad‍The king of Libnah‍The king of Adullam‍The king of Makkedah‍The king of Bethel‍The king of Tappuah‍The king of Hepher‍The king of Aphek‍The king of Lasharon‍The king of Madon‍The king of Hazor‍The king of Shimron-meron‍The king of Acshaph‍The king of Taanach‍The king of Megiddo‍The king of Kedesh‍The king of Jokneam in Carmel‍The king of Dor in the town of Naphoth-dor‍The king of Goyim in Gilgal‍The king of Tirzah.‍In all, thirty-one kings were defeated.
‍Joshua 12: 7-24

Half the tribe of Manasseh and the tribes of Reuben and Gad had already received their grants of land on the east side of the Jordan, for Moses, the servant of the Lord, had previously assigned this land to them.
Joshua 13:8

• The land to the east of the Jordan River had been settled when the King of Sihon and the King of Og had been defeated.
• After the central campaign of Jericho and Ai, Joshua led the Israelites in the campaign in the south.
• After a successful southern campaign, Joshua led the Israelites in the campaign in the north.
• Now that the conquest of the land is complete, the tribal inheritances will be distributed.
• The book of Joshua gives us a historical record of the two kings defeated in the Trans-Jordan region, and the thirty-one kings defeated in Canaan.
• The list would have been a list of places well known to the original audience of the book.
• The list shows us that no matter how long the list of enemies, God has victory over them all.
• The same God that defeated the long list of kings in Joshua, is the same God that defeats enemies now.

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Trust that the King of Kings will defeat all enemies.