Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ¹  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ²  and all along the Mediterranean coast ³  as far as ⁴  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Joshua 10:23

10:23 They did as ordered; ⁵  they brought the five kings ⁶  out of the cave to him – the kings of Jerusalem, ⁷  Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

Joshua 11:12

11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, ⁸  as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded.

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

[9:1]  ² tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[9:1]  ³ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[9:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “in front of.”

[10:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “they did so.”

[10:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “these five kings.”

[10:23]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he struck them down with the edge of the sword, he annihilated them.”