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'King' in the Bible

The king of Jericho received this report: "Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land."

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Movements

So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab: "Turn over the men who came to you -- the ones who came to your house -- for they have come to spy on the whole land!"

Verse ConceptsPeople Made Known

The Lord told Joshua, "See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfAttackingGod's Activity In IsraelWarfare, Examples OfThose God Gave Into Their Hands

The Lord told Joshua, "Don't be afraid and don't panic! Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! See, I am handing over to you the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftWarfare, Nature OfResisting DiscouragementGradual Conquest Of The LandThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!"

Verse ConceptsCattle

When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. But he did not realize men were hiding behind the city.

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing The FutureThose Who Rose Early

But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

Verse ConceptsWhilst Alive

He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).

Verse ConceptsGallowsGatesHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSunsetsCairnsPeople Hung To DeathPlaces To This Day

and all he did to the two Amorite kings on the other side of the Jordan -- King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan in Ashtaroth.

Verse ConceptsIndependenceTwo Other MenSingle Mindedness

Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

Verse ConceptsAi, The CityTreatyAnnihilation

So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon:

That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationConquestNo SurvivorsExtermination

The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel put the sword to all who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to its king what they had done to the king of Jericho.

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In IsraelNo SurvivorsExterminationThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck down him and his army until no survivors remained.

Verse ConceptsdefeatNo SurvivorsExtermination

They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they left no survivors. As they had done at Eglon, they annihilated it and all who lived there.

Verse ConceptsVillagesAnnihilationNo SurvivorsExtermination

They captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king what they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationConquestNo SurvivorsExtermination

When King Jabin of Hazor heard the news, he organized a coalition, including King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph,

At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time the leader of all these kingdoms.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsKilling Kings

King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) -- including the city in the middle of the valley and half of Gilead -- all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsHalf Of DistrictsArnon

The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei

and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.

Verse ConceptsHalf Of Districts

the king of Jericho (one), the king of Ai -- located near Bethel -- (one),

the king of Jerusalem (one), the king of Hebron (one),

the king of Jarmuth (one), the king of Lachish (one),

the king of Eglon (one), the king of Gezer (one),

the king of Debir (one), the king of Geder (one),

the king of Hormah (one), the king of Arad (one),

the king of Libnah (one), the king of Adullam (one),

the king of Makkedah (one), the king of Bethel (one),

the king of Tappuah (one), the king of Hepher (one),

the king of Aphek (one), the king of Lasharon (one),

the king of Madon (one), the king of Hazor (one),

the king of Shimron Meron (one), the king of Acshaph (one),

the king of Taanach (one), the king of Megiddo (one),

Verse ConceptsMegiddo

the king of Kedesh (one), the king of Jokneam near Carmel (one),

the king of Dor -- near Naphath Dor -- (one), the king of Goyim -- near Gilgal -- (one),

the king of Tirzah (one), a total of thirty-one kings.

Verse ConceptsThirty Some

and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border.

It encompassed all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory).

Verse ConceptsPrincesNamed Gentile Rulers

It included the valley of Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the realm of King Sihon of Heshbon, the area east of the Jordan to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth.

Their territory started at Mahanaim and encompassed all Bashan, the whole realm of King Og of Bashan, including all sixty cities in Havvoth Jair in Bashan.

Verse ConceptsSixtiesCities In Israel

Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment on you.

Verse ConceptsCursing Israel

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