Yehoshua 12:8

8 In the har, and in the Shefelah, and in the Aravah, and in the slopes, and in the midbar, and in the Negev; the Chivi, HaEmori, and the Kena’ani, the Perizzi, the Chivi, and the Yevusi;

Yehoshua 12:8 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 12:8

In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and
in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country
Which is a description of the whole land of Canaan; some parts of which were hills and mountains, others vales and champaign fields; others were dry and barren, and others well watered; some part of it lay to the north, as towards Lebanon, and others to the south, towards Seir:

the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites;
which were the nations that inhabited the land of Canaan before it was taken and possessed by the Israelites.

Yehoshua 12:8 In-Context

6 These did Moshe Eved Hashem and the Bnei Yisroel conquer; and Moshe Eved Hashem gave it for a possession unto the Reuveni, and the Gadi, and the half shevet HaMenasheh.

7 And these are the melachim of HaAretz which Yehoshua and the Bnei Yisroel conquered on the west side of the Yarden, from Baal-Gad in the valley of Levanon even unto the Har HeChalak, that goeth up to Seir; which Yehoshua gave unto the Shivtei Yisroel for a yerushah (possession) according to their divisions;

8 In the har, and in the Shefelah, and in the Aravah, and in the slopes, and in the midbar, and in the Negev; the Chivi, HaEmori, and the Kena’ani, the Perizzi, the Chivi, and the Yevusi;

9 The Melech Yericho, one; the Melech Ai, which is near Beit-El, one;

10 The Melech Yerushalayim, one; the Melech Chevron, one;