Joshua 12:8
Context12:8 including the hill country, the lowlands, 1 the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev – the land of 2 the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites:
Joshua 13:4
Context13:4 to the south; 3 all the Canaanite territory, 4 from Arah 5 in the region of Sidon 6 to Aphek, as far as Amorite territory;
Joshua 17:13
Context17:13 Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. 7


[12:8] 1 tn Or “the foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
[12:8] 2 tn The words “the land of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[13:4] 3 tn Or “from Teman.” The phrase is especially problematic if taken with what follows, as the traditional verse division suggests. For further discussion see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 146.
[13:4] 4 tn Heb “all the land of the Canaanites.”
[13:4] 5 tc The reading “Arah” assumes a slight emendation of the Hebrew vowel pointing. The MT reads, “and a cave,” or “and Mearah” (if one understands the word as a proper noun).
[13:4] 6 tn Heb “which belongs to the Sidonians.”
[17:13] 5 sn On the Israelites’ failure to conquer the Canaanites completely, see Judg 1:27-28.