The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
Joshua 12:17 belongs to the list of kings defeated and places conquered in battle before the land was divided among the Israelites. It stands in the account of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel. Its naming of defeated kings belongs to the record of how God gave Israel their inheritance. That record exposes Israel's lack of faith and slowness in possessing the inheritance, yet ends with the assurance that God wrought all that He had promised and there failed not aught of any good thing He had spoken.
Joshua 12:17 belongs to the list of kings defeated and places conquered in battle before the land was divided among the Israelites. It stands in the account of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel. Its naming of defeated kings belongs to the record of how God gave Israel their inheritance. That record exposes Israel's lack of faith and slowness in possessing the inheritance, yet ends with the assurance that God wrought all that He had promised and there failed not aught of any good thing He had spoken.