Joshua 11:16

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,

Joshua 15:19

15:19 She answered, “Please give me a special present. ³  Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.

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

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

[15:19]  ³ tn Elsewhere this Hebrew word (בְּרָכָה, bÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).