Joshua 12:17 Meaning and Explanation

Tappuah and Hepher were towns in the central and northern reaches of the land, their kings now numbered with the rest. Hepher would later be remembered in connection with the daughters of Zelophehad, who sought and received their inheritance.

As the list moves northward, it shows the conquest spreading across the whole land, not stopping at the south. God's purpose did not run out of strength halfway. The promise covered every region, and the record follows it faithfully from end to end, assuring the reader that what the Lord undertakes He carries through to its full extent.