Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ¹  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ²  and all along the Mediterranean coast ³  as far as ⁴  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Joshua 10:6

10:6 The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon ⁵  your subjects! ⁶  Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.” ⁷ 

Joshua 10:40

10:40 Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, ⁸  the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

Joshua 12:1

12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land ⁹  on the east side of the Jordan, ¹⁰  from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:

Joshua 12:7

12:7 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir. Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes, ¹¹ 

Joshua 13:6

13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, ¹²  all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” ¹³ 

Joshua 14:12

14:12 Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. ¹⁴  But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer ¹⁵  them, as the Lord promised.”

Joshua 15:8

15:8 It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), ¹⁶  going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north.

Joshua 17:15-16

17:15 Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people, ¹⁷  go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.” 17:16 The descendants of Joseph said, “The whole hill country ¹⁸  is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.” ¹⁹ 

Joshua 17:18

17:18 The whole hill country ²⁰  will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. ²¹  You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”

Joshua 18:12-14

18:12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho ²²  on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven. 18:13 It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), ²³  and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon. 18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe ²⁴  of Judah. This is the western border. ²⁵ 

Joshua 18:16

18:16 The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel.

Joshua 19:50

19:50 As the Lord had instructed, they gave him the city he requested – Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it.

¹ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

² tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

³ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

⁴ tn Heb “in front of.”

⁵ tn Heb “do not let your hand drop from us.”

⁶ tn Heb “your servants!”

⁷ tn Heb “have gathered against us.”

⁹ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

¹³ tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotted portions.”

²¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

²² tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”

²⁵ tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”

²⁶ tn Or “will dispossess.”

²⁹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³³ tn Heb “If you are a great people.”

³⁷ tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.

³⁸ tn Heb “and there are iron chariots among all the Canaanites who live in the land of the valley, to those who are in Beth Shean and its daughters and to those who are in the Valley of Jezreel.” Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255 and R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.

⁴¹ tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.

⁴² tn Heb “and its limits will be yours.”

⁴⁵ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁴⁹ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁵³ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

⁵⁴ tn Or “side.”