The descendants of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites living in the plains have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shan and the Jezreel Valley.”
Baana the son of Ahilud in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shan that is by Zarethan beneath Jezreel, and from Beth-shan to Abel Meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;
The hill country shall be yours. Although it is a forest you shall clear it and own it to its borders. You shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.”
Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forests and clear out a place there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the giants, since the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.”
Joshua said to Ephraim and Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph, “You are a numerous people who have great strength. There will not be only one allotment for you.
Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it will be a desolate heap, and her towns will be burned with fire. Then Israel will be heir to those who were his heirs, says the Lord.