and cameto the fortressof Tyreand to allthe citiesof the Hivitesand of the Canaanites,and they wentout to the southof Judah,[to] Beersheba.
The kingsaidto Joabthe commanderof the armywhowas with him, "Goaboutnowthrough allthe tribesof Israel,from Danto Beersheba,and registerthe people,that I may knowthe numberof the people."
So when they had goneaboutthrough the wholeland,they cameto Jerusalemat the endof ninemonthsand twentydays.
For Tyrebuiltherself a fortressAnd piledup silverlike dust,And goldlike the mireof the streets.
to the Canaaniteon the eastand on the west,and the Amoriteand the Hittiteand the Perizziteand the Jebusitein the hillcountry,and the Hiviteat the footof Hermonin the landof Mizpeh.
and Ebronand Rehoband Hammonand Kanah,as faras GreatSidon.
The borderturnedto Ramahand to the fortifiedcityof Tyre;then the borderturnedto Hosah,and it endedat the seaby the regionof Achzib.
Now it cameabout when allthe kingswhowere beyondthe Jordan,in the hillcountryand in the lowlandand on allthe coastof the GreatSeatowardLebanon,the Hittiteand the Amorite,the Canaanite,the Perizzite,the Hiviteand the Jebusite,heardof it,
The menof Israelsaidto the Hivites,"Perhapsyou are livingwithinour land;howthen shall we makea covenantwith you?"
[These nations are]: the fivelordsof the Philistinesand allthe Canaanitesand the Sidoniansand the Hiviteswho livedin MountLebanon,from MountBaal-hermonas faras Lebo-hamath.
