Joshua 11:1-3

Israel Defeats a Northern Coalition

11:1 When King Jabin of Hazor ¹  heard the news, he organized a coalition, including ²  King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph, 11:2 and the northern kings who ruled in ³  the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, ⁴  the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west. 11:3 Canaanites came ⁵  from the east and west; Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites from the hill country; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area ⁶  of Mizpah.

[11:1]  ¹ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[11:1]  ² tn Heb “he sent to.”

[11:2]  ³ tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.”

[11:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “Chinneroth,” a city and plain located in the territory of Naphtali in Galilee (BDB 490 s.v. כִּנֶּרֶת, כִּנֲרוֹת).

[11:3]  ⁵ tn The verb “came” is supplied in the translation (see v. 4).

[11:3]  ⁶ tn Or “land.”