Joshua 9:1

Joshua 9:1 in other versions

• King James Version (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;
• New International Version (NIV)Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things—the kings in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)—
• English Standard Version (ESV)As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard of this,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan, in the hills and in the lowland and in all the coasts of the Great Sea toward Lebanon—the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—heard about it,

Context of Joshua 9:1

Now it came about when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland and on all the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of it, 2that they gathered themselves together with one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel. 3When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

Joshua 9:1 word by word

וַיְהִ֣י כִשְׁמֹ֣עַ כָּֽל־הַמְּלָכִ֡ים אֲשֶׁר֩ בְּעֵ֨בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֜ן בָּהָ֣ר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֗ה וּבְכֹל֙ ח֚וֹף הַיָּ֣ם הַגָּד֔וֹל אֶל־מ֖וּל הַלְּבָנ֑וֹן הַֽחִתִּי֙ וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ הַפְּרִזִּ֔י הַחִוִּ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Now it cameהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• were beyondעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: beyondH5676
• the Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• in the hillהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• countryהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and in the lowlandשְׁפֵלָהshephêlâh · ShephelahH8219
• coastחוֹףchôph · coastH2348
• of the Greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · Great (Sea)H1419
• Seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• towardאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• towardמוּלmûl môl mô'l mûl · oppositeH4136
• Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
• the Hittiteחִתִּיchittîy · HittiteH2850
• and the Amoriteאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567
• the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · CanaaniteH3669
• the Perizziteפְּרִזִּיperizzîy · PerizziteH6522
• the Hiviteחִוִּיchivvîy · HiviteH2340
• and the Jebusiteיְבוּסִיyebûsîy · JebusiteH2983
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085

Cross-references for Joshua 9:1

• Joshua 10:2that he feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
• Joshua 11:1Then it came about, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon and to the king of Shimron and to the king of Achshaph,
• Joshua 12:7Now these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel defeated beyond the Jordan toward the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even as far as Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,
• Joshua 1:15until the Lord gives your brothers rest, as He gives you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God is giving them. Then you shall return to your own land, and possess that which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.”
• Joshua 3:17And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.
• Joshua 5:1Now it came about when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel.
• Joshua 22:4And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as He spoke to them; therefore turn now and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan.
• Deuteronomy 4:49with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea of the Arabah, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.
• Joshua 1:4From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun will be your territory.
• Joshua 15:12The west border was at the Great Sea, even its coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.
• Joshua 23:4See, I have apportioned to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have cut off, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun.
• Numbers 34:6‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; this shall be your west border.
• Joshua 11:17from Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir, even as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. And he captured all their kings and struck them down and put them to death.
• Joshua 13:5and the land of the Gebalite, and all of Lebanon, toward the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon as far as Lebo-hamath.
• Deuteronomy 3:25Let me, I pray, cross over and see the fair land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.’
• Leviticus 24:11The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

Commentaries on Joshua 9:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1And 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1In the hills - See the Numbers 13:17 note. The valleys - Or “the vale” (the Shephelah, Deuteronomy 1:7), which imports the lowland country between the mountains and the sea coast.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The kings combine against Israel. (1-2) The Gibeonites apply for peace. (3-13) They obtain peace, but are soon detected. (14-21) The Gibeonites are to be bondmen. (22-27) Verses 1-2 Hitherto the Canaanites had defended themselves, but here they consult to attack Israel. Their minds were blinded, and their hearts hardened to their destruction. Though often at enmity with each other, yet they united against Israel. Oh that Israel would learn of Canaanites…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Hittites … Jebusites: See study note on 3:10. The fertile region of lower hills between the highlands of Judah and the southern coastal plain was known as the western foothills. Although not all of the coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea (the Great Sea) was occupied during this period, several important cities did exist. The kings of those small city-states, as far north as Mount Carmel, joined the southern coalition to resist Israel’s advances.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. 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. The first designates the hill country, which belonged afterwards to the tribes of Judah and Ephraim: the second, all the low country from Carmel to Gaza; and the third, the shores of the Mediterranean, from the Isthmus of Tyre…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 9:1

• Alliances
• Hittites
• Hivites
• Joshua
• Lebanon
• Mediterranean Sea

In the dictionaries

• Canaanite
• Jordan
• Lebanon
• Hivite
• Jebus; Jebusi; Jebusite
• Perizzite
• Amorite
• Hittite
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Canaanite, the

Commentaries on Joshua 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings