The final enumeration — The king of Tirzah, one. All the kings thirty-one (שְׁלֹשִׁים וְאַחַד מְלָכִים). Tirzah, a later Israelite capital but here a Canaanite king's seat, concludes the enumeration. The total of 31 kings west of Jordan, plus Sihon and Og (Transjordan), establishes the scope of conquest comprehensively. The listing functions as theological testimony—the enumeration of defeated kings testifies to the LORD's gift of the land to Israel.

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