Joshua 2:11

2:11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. ¹  For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!

Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ²  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ³  and all along the Mediterranean coast ⁴  as far as ⁵  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Joshua 9:9

9:9 They told him, “Your subjects ⁶  have come from a very distant land because of the reputation ⁷  of the Lord your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “And we heard and our heart[s] melted and there remained no longer breath in a man because of you.”

² tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

³ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

⁴ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

⁵ tn Heb “in front of.”

⁶ tn Or “servants.”

⁷ tn Heb “name.”

⁸ tn Heb “the report about him, all that he did in Egypt.”