Joshua 12:14

Easy-to-Read Version

the king of Hormah, the king of Arad,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
the king of Hormah one

Hebrew Names Version
the king of Hormah, one; the king of `Arad, one;

King James Version
The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Lexham English Bible
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

English Standard Version
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

New Century Version
Hormah, Arad,

New English Translation
the king of Hormah (one), the king of Arad (one),

Amplified Bible
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

New American Standard Bible
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Geneva Bible (1587)
The King of Hormah, one: the King of Arad, one:

Legacy Standard Bible
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Complete Jewish Bible
the king of Hormah, the king of ‘Arad,

Darby Translation
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

George Lamsa Translation
The king of Gadar, one; the king of Arad, one;

Good News Translation
Hormah, Arad,

Literal Translation
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the kynge of Horma, the kynge of Arad,

American Standard Version
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Bible in Basic English
The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The king of Horma, one: the king of Arad, one:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

King James Version (1611)
The king of Hormah one: the king of Arad, one:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
the king of Hermath, the king of Ader;

English Revised Version
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Berean Standard Bible
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the kyng of Herma, oon;

Young's Literal Translation
The king of Hormah, one; The king of Arad, one;

Update Bible Version
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Webster's Bible Translation
The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

World English Bible
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

New King James Version
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

New Living Translation
The king of Hormah The king of Arad

New Life Bible
the king of Horman, the king of Arad,

New Revised Standard
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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The king of Hormah, one, the king of Arad, one,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king of Herma one, the king of Hered one,

Revised Standard Version
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

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New American Standard Bible (1995)
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Contextual Overview

⁷ Joshua and the Israelites defeated the kings of the land west of the Jordan River. This land was in the area west of Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley as far as Mount Halak that rises toward Seir. Joshua divided it among the tribes. ⁸ This included the hill country, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, the eastern mountains, the desert, and the Negev. This was where the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites had lived. These are the kings the Israelites defeated: ⁹ the king of Jericho, the king of Ai near Bethel, ¹⁰ the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, ¹¹ the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, ¹² the king of Eglon, the king of Gezer, ¹³ the king of Debir, the king of Geder, ¹⁴ the king of Hormah, the king of Arad, ¹⁵ the king of Libnah, the king of Adullam, ¹⁶ the king of Makkedah, the king of Bethel,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hormah: Numbers 14:45, Numbers 21:3

Arad: Eusebius places this city in the neighbourhood of Kadesh, four miles from Malathis, and twenty from Hebron. Numbers 21:1

Reciprocal: Judges 1:16 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
The woman could see that the tree was beautiful and the fruit looked so good to eat. She also liked the idea that it would make her wise. So she took some of the fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave him some of the fruit, and he ate it.

Genesis 39:7
After some time, the wife of Joseph's master began to pay special attention to him. One day she said to him, "Sleep with me."

Matthew 5:28
But I tell you that if a man looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, he has already committed that sin with her in his mind.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The king of Hormah, one,.... Which was formerly called Zephath, Judges 1:17; see Joshua 15:3;

the king of Arad, one; perhaps the same with Arath, which, Jerom i says, is the border of the land of Judah, and is twenty miles distant from Hebron to the south; see Numbers 21:1.

i De Loc. Heb. fol. 92. L.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10-18 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Joshua 10:1 ff), the power of which was broken in the battle of Beth-horon, or were at any rate conquered in the campaign following that battle. Those mentioned in Joshua 12:19-24 were in like manner connected with the northern confederates (Joshua 11:1 ff), who were defeated at the Waters of Merom.

Joshua 12:13-20

The identification of several of these places is still uncertain: the same name (e. g. Aphek, Joshua 12:18) being applied to various places in various parts of Palestine. Geder, or Gedor Joshua 15:58, a city in the mountain district in the south of the territory of Judah, is no doubt the modern “Jedur”.

Joshua 12:21

Taanach - A Levitical town Joshua 21:25 in the territory of Issachar, but assigned to the Manassites (Joshua 17:11; Compare 1 Chronicles 7:29), is identified with “Taanuk”. It was here that Barak encountered the host of Sisera Judges 5:19. Megiddo was near it, and is thought to have been “el Lejjun” (the Roman Legion), (or Mujedd’a (Conder)).

Joshua 12:22

Kedesh - i. e. Kedesh Naphtali, a city of refuge, a Levitical city, and the home of Barak Judges 9:6.

Jokneam - A Levitical city in the territory of Zebulon Joshua 19:11; perhaps the modern “Kaimon”. “Tell Kaimon” is a conspicuous and important position, commanding the main pass across the ridge of Carmel from Phoenicia to Egypt. This famous mountain range (about 15 miles long) no doubt received the name Carmel (the word means “a fruitful field” as opposed to “wilderness”) as descriptive of its character; and thus the name became an emblem of beauty and luxuriance (Isaiah 35:2; Song of Solomon 7:5, etc.). Its highest part, about 4 miles from Tell Kaimon, is nearly 1,750 feet above the sea. Its modern name, “Jebel Mar Elias”, preserves still that association with the great deeds of Elijah, from which Carmel derives its chief Biblical interest. Mount Carmel was probably, like Lebanon, from very ancient Canaanite times, regarded as especially sacred; and since the altar of the Lord repaired by Elijah 1 Kings 18:30 was an old one which had been broken down, Carmel was probably no less esteemed by the Israelites also. In later times the caves which abound toward the western bluffs of the range have been frequented by Christian, Jewish, and Mussulman anchorites. The order of Carmelite or barefooted friars took its rise from the convent founded by Louis, which still crowns the western headland.

Joshua 12:23

The king of the nations - See Genesis 14:1 and note. It means king of certain mixed and probably nomadic tribes, which regarded Gilgal Joshua 9:19 as their center and capital.

Joshua 12:24

Tirzah - This place, the capital of Jeroboam and his successors until the clays of Omri (1Ki 14:17; 1 Kings 15:21, etc.), is identified by some with “Tulluzah”, a town 3 miles northeast of Nablous, (by others with Teiasir).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 12:14. The king of Hormah — Supposed to be the place where the Israelites were defeated by the Canaanites see Numbers 14:45; and which probably was called Hormah, הרמה chormah, or destruction, from this circumstance.