Yosua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ¹  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ²  and all along the Mediterranean coast ³  as far as ⁴  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Yosua 12:8

12:8 including the hill country, the lowlands, ⁵  the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev – the land of ⁶  the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites:

[9:1]  ¹ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

[9:1]  ² tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[9:1]  ³ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[9:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “in front of.”

[12:8]  ⁵ tn Or “the foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[12:8]  ⁶ tn The words “the land of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.