translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: JOS

label: NET study note

text: The precise geographical location of the Israelite defeat at this “steep slope” is uncertain.


text: Tearing one’s clothes was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Gen 37:34; 44:13 ).


text: Throwing dirt on one’s head was an outward expression of extreme sorrow (see Lam 2:10 ; Ezek 27:30 ).