9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan 5 – in the hill country, the lowlands, 6 and all along the Mediterranean coast 7 as far as 8 Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –
1 tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.”
2 tn Heb “Chinneroth,” a city and plain located in the territory of Naphtali in Galilee (BDB 490 s.v. כִּנֶּרֶת, כִּנֲרוֹת).
3 tn Or “the foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
4 tn The words “the land of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
5 tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”
6 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
7 tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
8 tn Heb “in front of.”