1. When the news reached all the kings west of the Jordan, in the mountain regions and in the Shephelah, and all along the coast of the Great Sea as far as the Lebanon: Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,
2. they gathered together to launch a common attack against Joshua and Israel.
3. On hearing what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, the inhabitants of Gibeon