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Joshua 9:1

in Joshua 9

Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

KJV

And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

This verse in Joshua 9

Commentary

10 notes on this verse
In the hills - See the Num 13:17 note. The valleys - Or “the vale” (the Shephelah, Deu 1:7), which imports the lowland country between the mountains and the sea coast.

This site's exposition

Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan

on Joshua 9:1-2

The kings west of the Jordan hear what the kings of 5:1 heard, and where those hearts melted, these combine. The six nations named are the six of Exodus 3:8 and Deuteronomy 20:17. Their answer stands first so it can be weighed against Gibeon’s answer to the same report.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 9.10 · Written before 253.

proposed

The narrative of the exploits is clear, and what is plainly expressed does not need explanation. Nevertheless, out of these visible things that were done, let us consider the wars and triumphs that the Lord Jesus, our Savior, led, although we may also perceive these things to be visibly fulfilled in him. For the kings of the earth have assembled together, the senate and the people and the leaders of Rome, to blot out the name of Jesus and Israel at the same time. For they have decreed in their laws that there be no Christians.

The Reformation1 voice

A commentator

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

And it came to pass when all the kings, etc. As the arrival of the people was well known to these kings from the very first, it is certain that their minds were intoxicated from above with security or lethargy, so that they did not forthwith league together to oppose them.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

O that Israel would learn this of Canaanites, to sacrifice private interests to the public welfare, and to lay aside all animosities among themselves, that they may cordially unite against the common enemies of God's kingdom among men!

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The polite confederacy of the inhabitants of Gibeon with Israel, 1. How it was subtly proposed and petitioned for by the Gibeonites pretending to come from a far country,
3 more voices on this verse

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

all the kings which were on this side--that is, the western side of Jordan. in the hills, and in ther valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea--This threefold distinction marks out very clearly a large portion of Canaan.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

And it came to pass, when all the kings - heard thereof - From this account it appears that the capture and destruction of Jericho and Ai had been heard of to the remotest parts of the land, that a general fear of the Israelitish arms prevailed, and that the different dynasties or petty governments into which the land was divided, felt all their interests at stake, and determined to make the defense of their country a common cause. This was the most prudent step they could take in their circumstances, and therefore they entered into a confederation in order to arrest the progress of the Israelites. The Great Sea mentioned here is the Mediterranean Sea, the coasts of which were inhabited by the Phoenicians, Syrians, Sidonians, and Philistines. It is very likely that all these united with the Canaanites for their common safety.

A commentator

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

proposed

In the hills - See the Num 13:17 note. The valleys - Or “the vale” (the Shephelah, Deu 1:7), which imports the lowland country between the mountains and the sea coast.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְהִ֣יand it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • כִשְׁמֹ֣עַwhen heard

    khishmoa'H8085 →1159 times

  • כָּֽל־all

    kal-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַמְּלָכִ֡יםthe kings

    hamelakhimH4428 →2525 times

  • אֲשֶׁר֩who

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בְּעֵ֨בֶר[were] on [the] other side of

    beeverH5676 →90 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֜ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • בָּהָ֣רin the hill country

    baharH2022 →546 times

  • וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֗הand in the Shephelah

    uvashefelahH8219 →20 times

  • וּבְכֹל֙and in all

    uvekholH3605 →5413 times

  • ח֚וֹף[the] coast of

    chofH2348 →

  • הַיָּ֣םthe sea

    haiyamH3220 →396 times

  • הַגָּד֔וֹל<the> great

    hagadolH1419 →526 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מ֖וּל[the] front of

    mulH4136 →36 times

  • הַלְּבָנ֑וֹן<the> Lebanon

    halevanonH3844 →71 times

  • הַֽחִתִּי֙the Hittite[s]

    hachitiH2850 →48 times

  • וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔יand the Amorite[s]

    vehaemoriH567 →87 times

  • הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙the Canaanite[s]

    hakenaaniH3669 →73 times

  • הַפְּרִזִּ֔יthe Perizzite[s]

    haperiziH6522 →23 times

  • הַחִוִּ֖יthe Hivite[s]

    hachiviH2340 →25 times

  • וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃and the Jebusite[s]

    vehayvusiH2983 →41 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 3:10

    He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 7:1

      When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations…

    • Exodus 33:2

      And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

    • Psalms 44:2–3

      With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

    • Hebrews 10:31

      It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

  • Through

    Exodus 23:23

    For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 23:20

      Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

  • Through

    Joshua 13:5

    the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 5:18

      So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.

    • Joshua 12:7

      And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir…

  • Through

    Exodus 3:17

    And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

    it leads to

    • Genesis 15:13–21

      Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 9.10.