Study it in the app“And it came about, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, in the Shephelah, and on all the coast of the Great Sea opposite Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it,”
And it came about,וַיְהִיwhenכִallכָּלthe kingsהַמְּלָכִיםwho wereאֲשֶׁרbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןin the hill country,בָּהָרin the Shephelah,וּבַשְּׁפֵלָהand on allוּבְכֹלthe coastחוֹףof the GreatהַגָּדוֹלSeaהַיָּםoppositeאֶל מוּלLebanon,הַלְּבָנוֹןthe Hittite,הַחִתִּיthe Amorite,וְהָאֱמֹרִיthe Canaanite,הַכְּנַעֲנִיthe Perizzite,הַפְּרִזִּיthe Hivite,הַחִוִּיand the Jebusite,וְהַיְבוּסִיheard of it,שְׁמֹעַ
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appearslowland, Shephelah
Shephelah, the lowland: the zone of low hills between the hill country of Judah and the coast.
Where else “shefela” appearsshore, coast
Shore, coast, seashore.
Where else “chof” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearsin front of, opposite
In front of, opposite.
Where else “mul” appearsLebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appearsHittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chiti” appearsAmorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appearsCanaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appearsPerizzite
Perizzite: one of the peoples that lived in Canaan before Israel.
Where else “perizi” appearsHivite
Hivite: one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chivi” appearsJebusite
Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.
Where else “yevusi” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appearsThe Shephelah is the strip of low hills between the hill country of Judah and the coast.
1Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
2Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
1 · This verse (above)
2they gathered together to fight with Joshua and with Israel with one voice.
