Holy Scripture
Joshua 12:9
A church father on this verse
“And if "a wise man shall understand the words from his own mouth and shall hear knowledge on his lips," we must either declare rashly that the prophets were not wise, if they have not understood "the words from their own mouth," or admit that the prophets were wise, because they have received what is correct and true…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9The king of Jericho, and the king of Ai, which is near Bethel;
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In context
7And these are the kings of the Amorites, whom Joshua and the children of Israel slew beyond Jordan by the Sea of Baal-gad in the plain of Lebanon, and as far as the mountain of Halak, as men go up to Seir: and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel to inherit according to their portion;
8in the mountain, and in the plain, and in Arabah, and in Asedoth, and in the wilderness, and Negeb; the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
— Joshua 12:9 —
10the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron,
11the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish;