15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. 3 The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. 4
9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan 12 – in the hill country, the lowlands, 13 and all along the Mediterranean coast 14 as far as 15 Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –
1 tn Or “the foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
2 tn The words “the land of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).
5 tn The verb “came” is supplied in the translation (see v. 4).
6 tn Or “land.”
7 tn The word “city” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
8 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
9 tn The structure of this list presents problems. In v. 28 no conjunction appears before “Haeleph” or “Kiriath” in the Hebrew text. This suggests they should be compounded with the preceding names, yielding “Zelah Haeleph” and “Gibeah Kiriath” respectively. This results in a list of only twelve cities, however, while the summary statement (v. 28) gives the number fourteen. One should note, however, that the city lists in chap. 15 do not consistently use the conjunction before the name of each city. See also Josh 19:7, where no conjunction appears before “Rimmon,” but the summary assumes that Ain and Rimmon are distinct.
10 tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin.”
9 tn Heb “said.”
11 tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”
12 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
13 tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
14 tn Heb “in front of.”
13 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
15 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
16 tn Or perhaps, “citizens.”