Joshua 12:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Josh 17:11 : 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
Judg 5:19 : 19 The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.
1 Kgs 4:12 : 12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
2 Kgs 23:29-30 : 29 In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and [Pharaoh-necoh] slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Josh 12:9-20
12 verses
86%
9the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;
10the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;
17the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
19the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
Josh 12:22-24
3 verses
86%
22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
23the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
24the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
Judg 5:19
73%
19The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.
Josh 11:1-2
2 verses
70%
1And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
2and to the kings that were on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
Josh 21:24-25
2 verses
70%
24Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
25And out of the {H4276} half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
Ps 135:11
69%
11Sihon king of the Amorites, And Og king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan,
1 Kgs 4:12
69%
12Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
Josh 12:1
67%
1Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, {H4217} from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:
Josh 17:11
66%
11And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
Judg 1:27
66%
27And Manasseh did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Beth-shean and its towns, nor [of] Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Josh 21:22
66%
22and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.
Josh 15:41
66%
41and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
2 Chr 25:21
65%
21So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
Josh 21:15-16
2 verses
65%
15and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
16and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
Josh 19:44-45
2 verses
65%
44and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
45and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
Ezra 2:21
65%
21The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and three.
Josh 15:23
65%
23and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
1 Chr 21:5
65%
5And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
Josh 21:29
64%
29Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
Jer 25:21
64%
21Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;
Josh 19:21
64%
21and Remeth, and Engannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez,
Josh 22:14
64%
14and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
1 Chr 12:37
64%
37And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half - tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.
Josh 10:30
64%
30and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho.
Num 21:1
64%
1And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
Neh 7:30
64%
30The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
Ezra 2:27
64%
27The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two.
Josh 11:18
64%
18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
Josh 21:31
64%
31Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
1 Chr 7:29
64%
29and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
Josh 11:5
64%
5And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.