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 17:18
Context17:18 The whole hill country 5 will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. 6 You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”
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 Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.
6 tn Heb “and its limits will be yours.”
