Joshua 2:16

2:16 She told them, “Head ¹  to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. ²  Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you ³  to return. Then you can be on your way.”

Joshua 2:22

2:22 They went ⁴  to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them ⁵  to return. Their pursuers ⁶  looked all along the way but did not find them. ⁷ 

Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ⁸  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ⁹  and all along the Mediterranean coast ¹⁰  as far as ¹¹  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Joshua 10:6

10:6 The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, “Do not abandon ¹²  your subjects! ¹³  Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.” ¹⁴ 

Joshua 10:40

10:40 Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, ¹⁵  the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

Joshua 13:6

13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, ¹⁶  all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” ¹⁷ 

Joshua 15:9

15:9 It then went from the top of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, extended to the cities of Mount Ephron, and went to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim).

Joshua 16:1

Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho ¹⁸  to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. ¹⁹ 

Joshua 17:18

17:18 The whole hill country ²⁰  will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. ²¹  You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”

Joshua 18:12-14

18:12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho ²²  on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven. 18:13 It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), ²³  and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon. 18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe ²⁴  of Judah. This is the western border. ²⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “Go.”

² tn Heb “so that the pursuers might not meet you.”

³ tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“you”) is not in the Hebrew text but is implied.

⁴ tn Heb “they went and came.”

⁵ tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“them”) is added for clarification.

⁶ tn Heb “the ones chasing them.” This has been rendered as “their pursuers” in the translation to avoid redundancy with the preceding clause.

⁷ tn Heb “The pursuers looked in all the way and did not find [them].”

⁸ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

⁹ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

¹¹ tn Heb “in front of.”

¹² tn Heb “do not let your hand drop from us.”

¹³ tn Heb “your servants!”

¹⁴ tn Heb “have gathered against us.”

¹⁵ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

¹⁶ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

¹⁷ tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”

¹⁸ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

¹⁹ tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”

map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

²⁰ tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.

²¹ tn Heb “and its limits will be yours.”

²² map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

²³ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

²⁴ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

²⁵ tn Or “side.”