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) –
1 tn Some Hebrew
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 Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.
7 tn Or “side.”