Discovery BoxJoshua 23:5 
Context23:5 The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, 1 so you can occupy 2 their land as the Lord your God promised 3 you.
Joshua 24:12
Context24:12 I sent terror 4 ahead of you to drive out before you the two 5 Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows. 6
1 tn The Hebrew text reads, “from before you.” This has not been included in the translation because it is redundant in English.
2 tn Or “take possession of.”
3 tn Heb “said to.”
4 tn Traditionally, “the hornet” (so KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) but the precise meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain (cf. NEB “panic”).
5 tn The LXX has “twelve,” apparently understanding this as a reference to Amorite kings west of the Jordan (see Josh 5:1, rather than the trans-Jordanian Amorite kings Sihon and Og (see Josh 2:10; 9:10).
6 tn Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave you the victory” are supplied for clarification.
