Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

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

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. But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer them, as the Lord promised.”

Joshua 22:7

22:7 (Now to one half-tribe of Manasseh, Moses had assigned land in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua had assigned land on the west side of the Jordan with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, he rewarded them,

Joshua 23:13

23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears 10  your sides and thorns that blind 11  your eyes until you disappear 12  from this good land the Lord your God gave you.


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

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

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

tn Heb “in front of.”

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

tn Or “will dispossess.”

tn Heb “to their tents.”

10 tn Heb “blessed.”

13 tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”

14 tn Heb “in.”

15 tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”

16 tn Or “perish.”