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) –
1 tn Heb “they went and came.”
2 tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“them”) is added for clarification.
3 tn Heb “the ones chasing them.” This has been rendered as “their pursuers” in the translation to avoid redundancy with the preceding clause.
4 tn Heb “The pursuers looked in all the way and did not find [them].”
5 tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the
6 tn Heb “burned with fire.”
7 tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”
8 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
9 tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
10 tn Heb “in front of.”
11 tn Heb “and they did not assign a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities [in which] to live and their pastures for their cattle and property.”