Joshua 18:13

18:13 It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), ¹  and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon.

Joshua 18:1

The Tribes Meet at Shiloh

18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. ²  Though they had subdued the land, ³ 

Joshua 9:15-17

9:15 Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community ⁴  sealed it with an oath. ⁵ 

9:16 Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby. ⁶  9:17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities – Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ⁷  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ⁸  and all along the Mediterranean coast ⁹  as far as ¹⁰  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Joshua 7:24

7:24 Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster. ¹¹ 

Joshua 7:1-2

Achan Sins and is Punished

7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. ¹²  Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, ¹³  son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. ¹⁴  The Lord was furious with the Israelites. ¹⁵ 

7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho ¹⁶  to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel ¹⁷ ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

Joshua 8:5

8:5 I and all the troops ¹⁸  who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.

[18:13]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[18:1]  ² tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

[18:1]  ³ tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”

[9:15]  ⁴ tn Or “assembly.”

[9:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.”

[9:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “At the end of three days, after they made the treaty with them, they heard that they were neighbors to them and in their midst they were living.”

[9:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

[9:1]  ⁸ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[9:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[9:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in front of.”

[7:24]  ¹¹ tn Or “Trouble” The name is “Achor” in Hebrew, which means “disaster” or “trouble” (also in v. 26).

[7:1]  ¹² tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:1]  ¹³ tn 1 Chr 2:6 lists a “Zimri” (but no Zabdi) as one of the five sons of Zerah (cf. also 1 Chr 7:17, 18).

[7:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the anger of the Lord burned against the sons of Israel.”

[7:2]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[7:2]  ¹⁷ map For the location of Bethel see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:5]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the people.”