11:16 Joshua conquered the whole land, 1 including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, 2 the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands, 11:17 from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them. 3 11:18 Joshua campaigned against 4 these kings for quite some time. 5 11:19 No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); 6 they had to conquer all of them, 7 11:20 for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses. 8
1 tn Heb “Joshua took all this land.”
2 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
3 tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”
5 tn Heb “made war with.”
6 tn Heb “for many days.”
7 tn The LXX omits this parenthetical note, which may represent a later scribal addition.
8 tn Heb “the whole they took in battle.”
9 tn Heb “for from the