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Joshua 9:1-3
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The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan[a]—in the hill country, the foothills,[b] and all along the Mediterranean coast[c] as far as[d] Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)— 2 they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.[e]

3 When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 9:1 tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”
  2. Joshua 9:1 tn The foothills (שְׁפֵלָה, shephelah) are the transition region between the hill country and the coastal plains.
  3. Joshua 9:1 tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
  4. Joshua 9:1 tn Heb “in front of.”
  5. Joshua 9:2 tn Heb “they gathered together to fight against Joshua and Israel [with] one mouth.”
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