The Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the sound of chariots, [80] horses, and a large army. So the Aramean soldiers said to each other, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to come against us!”
Solomon’s businessmen bought a chariot from Egypt for 600 shekels {\cf2\super [8]} of silver, and a horse for 150 shekels {\cf2\super [9]} of silver. The businessmen then sold the horses and chariots to all the kings of the Hittite people and to the kings of Aram.
The man showed the spies the secret way into the city. The men of Joseph used their swords to kill the people of Bethel. But they did not hurt the man that helped them. And they did not hurt the people in his family. That man and his family were allowed to go free.
There were Canaanite people living in the cities of Beth Shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and the small towns around those cities. The people from the family group of Manasseh could not force those people to leave those towns. So the Canaanite people stayed. They refused to leave their homes.