Joshua 12:5

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and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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These places span Canaan east and west of the Jordan, from the Arnon and Jabbok in Transjordan to Lebanon, Carmel, the Negeb, and the coastal plain. Joshua 12 surveys the territories and city-kings conquered under Moses and Joshua, testifying to the Lord’s fulfillment of his promised land grant.

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Joshua 12:5 mentions Adullam, Ai, Ammon, Aphek, Arabah, Aroer, Ashtaroth, Bashan, Bethel, Beth-jeshimoth, Debir, Dor, Edrei, Eglon, Geshur, Gezer, Gilead, Hazor, Hebron, Jabbok, Jarmuth, Jericho, Jerusalem, Jokneam, Jordan, Kedesh, Lachish, Maacah, Megiddo, Mount Carmel, Mount Halak, Mount Hermon, Mount Seir, Naphoth-dor, Negeb, Salecah, Salt Sea, Sea of Galilee, Shephelah, Shimron-meron, Taanach, Tappuah, Tirzah, Valley of Lebanon and Valley of the Arnon.

Photo of Ammon — Ammon · Berthold Werner