The king of Arad, the Canaanite king who lived in the south of the land of Canaan, heard about the approach of the Israelites.

These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words: ¹ 

any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,

The Lord ¹  found him ²  in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. ³  He continually guarded him ⁴  and taught him; ⁵  he continually protected him ⁶  like the pupil ⁷  of his eye.

So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab as the Lord had said.

No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

After a while, ¹  the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

Elisha died and was buried. ¹  Moabite raiding parties invaded ²  the land at the beginning of the year. ³ 

The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed ¹  at Riblah in the territory ²  of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth. ¹ 

Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

They were allotted Hebron in the territory of Judah, as well as its surrounding pasturelands.

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.

He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah. ¹ 

¹ “You say, ²  ‘He is foam ³  on the face of the waters; ⁴  their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard. ⁵ 

May the Lord protect him and save his life! ¹  May he be blessed ²  in the land! Do not turn him over ³  to his enemies! ⁴ 

Come! Witness the exploits ¹  of the Lord, who brings devastation to the earth! ² 

He says, ¹  “Stop your striving and recognize ²  that I am God! I will be exalted ³  over ⁴  the nations! I will be exalted over ⁵  the earth!”