Joshua 24:11-13

24:11 You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. ¹  The leaders ²  of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you. 24:12 I sent terror ³  ahead of you to drive out before you the two ⁴  Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows. ⁵  24:13 I gave you a land in ⁶  which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of ⁷  vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

[24:11]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[24:11]  ² tn Or perhaps, “citizens.”

[24:12]  ³ tn Traditionally, “the hornet” (so KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) but the precise meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain (cf. NEB “panic”).

[24:12]  ⁴ tn The LXX has “twelve,” apparently understanding this as a reference to Amorite kings west of the Jordan (see Josh 5:1, rather than the trans-Jordanian Amorite kings Sihon and Og (see Josh 2:10; 9:10).

[24:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave you the victory” are supplied for clarification.

[24:13]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps, “for.”

[24:13]  ⁷ tn The words “the produce of” are supplied for clarification.