Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan

Joshua 12:1-24

These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took over east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern side of the Arabah.

Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites conquered them. And Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh to be their possession. 

Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions. The lands included the hill country, the western foothills, the Arabah, the mountain slopes, the wilderness and the Negev. These were the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

There were thirty-one kings in all. There were two kings on the east side of the Jordan.

V1-6 rehearse the earlier victories wast of the Jordan under Moses. V7-24 lists 31 kings of south, central and northern Canaan defeated under Joshua. The list rounds off the section on the conquest.

Why?

The Holy war at Moses and Joshua times are the promise to the Israelites. It shows the power and the rule to be a good God's servant. This war shows the God and the war of the evil one. But after Jesus came, there was no Holy war, Jesus proclaims the love and his power of peace. 

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記載在約旦河西岸的爭戰。沒有完全記載。因為聖經不是歷史書，而是記載神的作為與應許。

應許之地長約200Km，約走半天就會有ㄧ座城，這條應許之路，到處是困難。但是也充滿神的奇事經歷神蹟。如果天色常藍，就有旱災。属靈的路不是容易的路卻是處處蒙福，充滿恩典的路。

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How?

From history, we learn that God is the creator of the world and our center of living.