---
title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Joshua 12"
description: "CHAPTER 12   :-. THE TWO
KINGS WHOSE
COUNTRIES MOSES
TOOK AND DISPOSED
OF. 1. Now these are the kings of the
land, which the children of Israel smote, and"
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url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/joshua/12"
---

CHAPTER 12

. THE TWO
KINGS WHOSE
COUNTRIES MOSES
TOOK AND DISPOSED
OF.

**1. Now these are the kings of the
land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on
the other side Jordan**—This chapter contains a recapitulation of
the conquests made in the promised land, with the additional mention
of some places not formerly noted in the sacred history. The river
Arnon on the south and mount Hermon on the north were the respective
boundaries of the land acquired by the Israelites beyond Jordan (see
[Numbers 21:21-24](../../../kjv/numbers/21/21-24); [Deuteronomy 2:36](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/36);
[Deuteronomy 3:3-16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/3-16) [and see on [Deuteronomy 3:3-5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/3-5)]).
[Deuteronomy 3:3-5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/3-5). THE ONE
AND THIRTY KINGS
ON THE WEST SIDE
OF JORDAN, WHICH
JOSHUA SMOTE.

**7. Baal-gad . . . even unto . . .
Halak**—(See on [Joshua 12:1](../../../kjv/joshua/12/1)).
A list of thirty-one chief towns is here given; and, as the whole
land contained a superficial extent of only fifteen miles in length
by fifty in breadth, it is evident that these capital cities belonged
to petty and insignificant kingdoms. With a few exceptions, they were
not the scenes of any important events recorded in the sacred
history, and therefore do not require a particular notice.

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