Joshua 12 · Verse 5

Joshua 12:5

And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Joshua 12:5, King James Version

Joshua 12:5 in other translations

BSBHe ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
WEBand 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.
ASVand ruled in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
YLTand ruling in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurite, and the Maachathite, and the half of Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
DARBYand ruled over mount Hermon, and over Salcah, and over all Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and over half Gilead as far as the border of Sihon the king of Heshbon.
BBERuling in the mountain of Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, as far as the limits of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, to the land of Sihon, king of Heshbon.
WebsterAnd reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites, and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

What does Joshua 12:5 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 The border of the Geshurites - The country of Bashan, in the days of Moses and Joshua, extended from the river Jabbok on the south to the frontiers of the Geshurites and Maachathites on the north, to the foot of the mountains of Hermon.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 12:1-6

Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies, nor must the glory of the present instruments of good to the church diminish the just honour of those who went before them, since God is the same who wrought by both. Moses gave to one part of Israel a very rich and fruitful country, but it was on the outside of Jordan. Joshua gave to all Israel the holy land, within Jordan. So the law has given to some…

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Joshua 12:5 in the original Hebrew

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וּ֠מֹשֵׁלU.mo.sheland [who] ruledH4910
בְּהַ֨רbe.Harover [the] mountain ofH2022
חֶרְמ֤וֹןcher.MonHermonH2768
וּבְסַלְכָה֙u.ve.sal.Khahand over SalecahH5548
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and over allH3605
הַבָּשָׁ֔ןha.ba.Shan<the> BashanH1316
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
גְּב֥וּלge.Vul[the] border ofH1366
הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖יha.ge.shu.Rithe Geshurite[s]H1651
וְהַמַּעֲכָתִ֑יve.ha.ma.'a.kha.Tiand the Maacathite[s]H4602
וַחֲצִי֙va.cha.Tziand [the] half ofH2677
הַגִּלְעָ֔דha.gil.'Ad<the> GileadH1568
גְּב֖וּלge.Vul[the] border ofH1366
סִיח֥וֹןsi.ChonSihonH5511
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן\׃chesh.BonHeshbonH2809

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Cross references for Joshua 12:5

  • Deuteronomy 3:14

    Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.

  • 1 Samuel 27:8

    And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

  • Joshua 13:11

    And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

  • Deuteronomy 3:8-10

    And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

  • Deuteronomy 4:47-48

    And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

  • 2 Samuel 3:3

    And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

  • Joshua 11:3

    And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

  • Joshua 12:1

    Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

  • 2 Kings 25:23

    And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

  • 2 Samuel 13:37

    But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

  • 2 Samuel 15:8

    For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.

  • 2 Samuel 23:34

    Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hermon.
1; 11:3; De 3:8,9; 4:47,48
Salcah.
13:11; De 3:10
unto the.
De 3:14; 1Sa 27:8; 2Sa 3:3; 13:37; 15:8; 23:34; 2Ki 25:23

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Context

  • Joshua 12:4

    And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

  • Joshua 12:5

    And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

  • Joshua 12:6

    Them did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

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Joshua 12:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y señoreaba en el monte de Hermón, y en Salca, y en todo Basán hasta los términos de Gessuri y de Maachâti, y la mitad de Galaad, término de Sehón rey de Hesbón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et il dominait sur la montagne de l’Hermon, et sur Salca, et sur tout Basan, jusqu’à la frontière des Gueshuriens et des Maacathiens, et sur la moitié de Galaad, jusqu’à la frontière de Sihon, roi de Hesbon.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und er herrschte über den Berg Hermon und über Salka und über das ganze Basan, bis an die Grenze der Gesuriter und der Maakathiter, und über das halbe Gilead, die Grenze Sihons, des Königs von Hesbon.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Gessuri, et Machati, et dimidiæ partis Galaad: terminos Sehon regis Hesebon.