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;
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)Now all the kings west of the Jordan River heard about what had happened. These were the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who lived in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far north as the Lebanon mountains.

Context of Joshua 9:1

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)— 2they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel. 3However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass, when all the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• on this sideעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: beyondH5676
• Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• in the hillsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and in the valleysשְׁפֵלָהshephêlâh · ShephelahH8219
• and in all the coastsחוֹףchôph · coastH2348
• of the greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · Great (Sea)H1419
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• over againstמוּלmûl 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 10:2He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters.
• Joshua 11:1When Jabin king of Hazor heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron and Akshaph,
• Joshua 12:7Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions.
• Joshua 1:15until the Lord gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land the Lord your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise.”
• Joshua 3:17The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.
• Joshua 5:1Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.
• Joshua 22:4Now that the Lord your God has given them rest as he promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
• Deuteronomy 4:49and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea, below the slopes of Pisgah.
• Joshua 1:4Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
• Joshua 15:12The western boundary is the coastlpine of the Mediterranean Sea. These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.
• Joshua 23:4Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
• Numbers 34:6“ ‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.
• Joshua 11:17from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and put them to death.
• Joshua 13:5the area of Byblos; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
• Deuteronomy 3:25Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.”
• Leviticus 24:11The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.)

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