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 24:7

24:7 Your fathers ⁵  cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, ⁶  and then drowned them in the sea. ⁷  You witnessed with your very own eyes ⁸  what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time. ⁹ 

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 “they”; the referent (the fathers) has been specified in the translation for clarity (see the previous verse).

⁶ tn Or “put darkness between you and the Egyptians.”

⁷ tn Heb “and he brought over them the sea and covered them.”

⁸ tn Heb “your eyes saw.”

⁹ tn Heb “many days.”