KJV ORIGINAL
The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings totaled thirty-one.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse concludes the list of defeated kings by stating that Israel conquered thirty-one kings total, including the king of Tirzah.
📚 Historical Context
This verse ends Joshua chapter 12's comprehensive list of all the Canaanite kings that Joshua and the Israelites defeated during their conquest of the Promised Land. Tirzah was a Canaanite city that later became important in Israel's history as a royal city of the northern kingdom. The number thirty-one represents the complete tally of royal victories God gave Israel as they took possession of the land He had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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