Charles Ellicott Commentary Joshua 9:1-2

"And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord." — Joshua 9:1-2 (ASV)

PREPARATIONS OF THE CANAANITES FOR WAR.

These verses record the general preparation of the natives of Canaan for the last struggle with Joshua.