⁹ and said to the men, “^(A)I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the ^(B)terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have despaired because of you.

¹¹ When we heard these reports, ^(A)our hearts melted and no ^[a]courage remained in anyone any longer because of you; for the ^(B)Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth below.

²⁴ And they said to Joshua, “The Lord has indeed handed over to us all the land; furthermore, ^(A)all the inhabitants of the land have despaired because of us.”

Israel Is Circumcised

5 Now it came about when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the ^(A)Canaanites who were by the sea, ^(B)heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until ^[a]they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel.