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;
What does Joshua 9:1 mean?
Hitherto the Canaanites had defended themselves, but here they consult to attack Israel. Their minds were blinded, and their hearts hardened to their destruction.
Key themes
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Keep this verse inside Joshua 9:1-2 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Glossary
- Ai Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Et Tell.
- Great Sea Place
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(Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean ( Gen. 1:10 ); (2) a river, as the Nile ( Isa. 19:5 ), the Euphrates ( Isa. 21:1 ; Jer. 51:36 ); (3) the Red Sea. Modern identification: Mediterranean Sea.
- Jericho Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell es Sultan.
- Jordan Place
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Biblical river. Modern identification: Jordan River.
- Lebanon Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Jezzine.
- Shephelah Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Shephelah.