9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan 4 – in the hill country, the lowlands, 5 and all along the Mediterranean coast 6 as far as 7 Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –
1 tn The verb “came” is supplied in the translation (see v. 4).
2 tn Or “land.”
3 tn Heb “said.”
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.”