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This study will analyze the structure of geographic listings, the function of the temporal clause, and the role of parallelism in listing nations in Biblical narrative. וַיְהִ֣י כִשְׁמֹ֣עַ כָּֽל־הַמְּלָכִ֡ים אֲשֶׁר֩ בְּעֵ֨בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֜ן בָּהָ֣ר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֗ה וּבְכֹל֙ חֹ֚וף הַיָּ֣ם הַגָּדֹ֔ול אֶל־מ֖וּל הַלְּבָנֹ֑ון הַֽחִתִּי֙ וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ הַפְּרִזִּ֔י הַחִוִּ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃ (Joshua 9:1) And it came to pass when all the kings who were beyond the Yarden, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the coast of the Great Sea opposite the Levanon—the Ḥitti, and the Emori, the Kenaʿani, the Perizzi, the Ḥivvi, and the Yevusi—heard of it, Joshua 9:1 introduces a significant narrative development, where multiple kings from different regions react to Israel’s conquests.… Learn Hebrew