Not a city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites, the people of Gibeon; all the others they took in battle.
Joshua had waged war a long time [at least five years] with all those kings.
The remaining nations are: the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt on Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to the entrance of Hamath.