“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;”
The kings of Canaan hear of Joshua's victories — Following the conquest of Ai, the Canaanite rulers learn that Israel has crossed the Jordan and defeated Jericho and Ai. This intelligence report ('they heard') echoes the trembling of the nations at Israel's approach (cf. Exodus 15). The kings of the hill country, the lowland (Shephelah), and the coast gather in unified opposition — their coalition represents the organized resistance of Canaan's remaining power before the deception of Gibeon fractures their unity.
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