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 11:3

11:3 Canaanites came ⁵  from the east and west; Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites from the hill country; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area ⁶  of Mizpah.

[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.”

[11:3]  ⁵ tn The verb “came” is supplied in the translation (see v. 4).

[11:3]  ⁶ tn Or “land.”