Joshua 11:16-17

A Summary of Israel’s Victories

11:16 Joshua conquered the whole land, ¹  including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, ²  the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands, 11:17 from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them. ³ 

Joshua 12:1

12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land ⁴  on the east side of the Jordan, ⁵  from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:

Joshua 15:9

15:9 It then went from the top of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, extended to the cities of Mount Ephron, and went to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim).

Joshua 17:15

17:15 Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people, ⁶  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.”

Joshua 17:18

17:18 The whole hill country ⁷  will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. ⁸  You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”

[11:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Joshua took all this land.”

[11:16]  ² tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[11:17]  ³ tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”

[12:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”

[12:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”

[17:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “If you are a great people.”

[17:18]  ⁹ 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.

[17:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and its limits will be yours.”