121 Now these are the kings of the land whom the sons of Israel defeated , and whose land they possessed beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise e , from the valley of the Arnon as far as Mount Hermon , and all the Arabah to the east : 2 Sihon king of the Amorites , who lived in Heshbon , and ruled from Aroer , which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon , both the middle of the valley and half of Gilead , even as far as the brook Jabbok , the border of the sons of Ammon ; 3 and the Arabah as far as the Sea of Chinneroth toward the east , and as far as the sea of the Arabah , even the Salt Sea , eastward toward Beth-jeshimoth , and on the south , at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah ; 4 and the territory of Og king of Bashan , one of the remnant of Rephaim , who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei , 5 and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan , as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites , and half of Gilead , as far as the border of Sihon king of Heshbon . 6 Moses the servant of the Lord and the sons of Israel defeated them; and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe e of Manasseh as a possession .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 12:1-6
Commentary on Joshua 12:1-6
(Read 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 few of God's spiritual Israel worldly blessings, earnests of good things to come; but our Lord Jesus, the true Joshua, provided for all the children of promise spiritual blessings, and the heavenly Canaan.