² tn Heb “all the land of the Canaanites.”

³ tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”

¹ sn The Canaanites worshiped Baal as a storm and fertility god.

² tn Or “King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite ruler.”

² sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.

¹ tn Heb “a man, a Canaanite, and his name was Shua.”

¹ sn The Hivites were Canaanite tribes of a Hurrian origin.

¹ sn The Jebusites were the Canaanite inhabitants of ancient Jerusalem.

² sn The name “the Canaanite” (and so collective for “Canaanites”) is occasionally used to summarize all the list of Canaanitish tribes that lived in the land.

³ sn Zaphon, the Canaanite version of Olympus, was the “mountain of assembly” where the gods met.

² tn The term “Canaanites” is supplied here both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Canaanites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “Who should first go up for us against the Canaanites to attack them?”

² tn Heb “Come up with me into our allotted land and let us attack the Canaanites.”

¹ sn On the Israelites’ failure to conquer the Canaanites completely, see Judg 1:27-28.

⁵ sn Perizzite. This probably refers to a subgroup of Canaanites (Gen 13:7; 34:30).

⁵ sn Perizzites. This is probably a subgroup of Canaanites (Gen 13:7; 34:30).

² sn This statement alludes to the practice of sexual rites in the Canaanite fertility cult that attempted to secure agricultural fertility from the Canaanite gods (note the following reference to wool, flax, olive oil, and wine).

² sn Moloch was a Canaanite deity who was believed to be the god of the sky and the sun.

² sn In Canaanite mythology the stars of El were astral deities under the authority of the high god El.