The first part of verse 24 may be slightly restructured as follows: “and they assured him, ‘The LORD has placed this entire country in our hands….’ ”
All the people there may be translated “All the people of that land” or “All the people who live there.”
Terrified translates the second verb of fear used in verse 9, literally “melt away” (Revised Standard Version); An American Translation has “losing heart”: New English Bible “panic-stricken”; New American Bible “overcome with fear.”
Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Newman, Barclay M. A Handbook on Joshua. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1983. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .