1:16 They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.
8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. 1 Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.
11:1 When King Jabin of Hazor 2 heard the news, he organized a coalition, including 3 King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph,
1 tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”
1 map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.
2 tn Heb “he sent to.”
1 tn Heb “like my strength then, like my strength now, for battle and for going out and coming in.”
1 tn Heb “I will send them so they may arise and walk about in the land and describe it in writing according to their inheritance and come to me.”
1 tn Heb “by that which I did in its midst.”
1 tn Heb “arose and fought.”
2 tn Heb “sent and called.”
3 tn Or “to curse.”
1 tn Traditionally, “the hornet” (so KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) but the precise meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain (cf. NEB “panic”).
2 tn The LXX has “twelve,” apparently understanding this as a reference to Amorite kings west of the Jordan (see Josh 5:1, rather than the trans-Jordanian Amorite kings Sihon and Og (see Josh 2:10; 9:10).
3 tn Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave you the victory” are supplied for clarification.