Discovery BoxJoshua 9:1 
ContextThe Gibeonites Deceive Israel
9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan 1 – in the hill country, the lowlands, 2 and all along the Mediterranean coast 3 as far as 4 Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –
Joshua 13:6
Context13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, 5 all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” 6
1 tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”
2 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
3 tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
4 tn Heb “in front of.”
5 tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).
6 tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”
