Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan1—in the hill country, the lowlands,2 and all along the Mediterranean coast3 as far as4 Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—

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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.”