but the hillcountryshall be yours. For though it is a forest,you shall clearit, and to its farthestbordersit shall be yours; for you shall driveout the Canaanites,eventhoughthey have chariotsof iron[and] thoughthey are strong."
But his bowremainedfirm,And his armswere agile,From the handsof the MightyOneof Jacob(From thereis the Shepherd,the Stoneof Israel),
Then the peoplewentout into the fieldagainstIsrael,and the battletookplacein the forestof Ephraim.
Whatthenshall we sayto these things?IfGod[is] for us, who[is] againstus?
But in allthese thingswe overwhelmingly conquerthroughHim who lovedus.
"As the firstbornof his ox,majestyis his, And his hornsare the hornsof the wildox;With them he will pushthe peoples,Allat once,[to] the endsof the earth.And thoseare the tenthousandsof Ephraim,And thoseare the thousandsof Manasseh."
sothat we confidentlysay,"THE LORDIS MY HELPER,I WILL NOT BE AFRAID.WHATWILL MANDOTO ME?"
"Allthe inhabitantsof the hillcountryfrom Lebanonas faras Misrephoth-maim,allthe Sidonians,I will drivethem out from beforethe sonsof Israel;onlyallotit to Israelfor an inheritanceas I have commandedyou.
From the topof the mountainthe bordercurvedto the springof the watersof Nephtoahand proceededto the citiesof MountEphron,then the bordercurvedto Baalah(that is, Kiriath-jearim).
Joshuaspoketo the houseof Joseph,to Ephraimand Manasseh,saying,"You are a numerouspeopleand have greatpower;you shall not haveonelot[only],
So they setapartKedeshin Galileein the hillcountryof Naphtaliand Shechemin the hillcountryof Ephraim,and Kiriath-arba(that is, Hebron)in the hillcountryof Judah.
Now therewas a certainmanfrom Ramathaim-zophimfrom the hillcountryof Ephraim,and his namewas Elkanahthe sonof Jeroham,the sonof Elihu,the sonof Tohu,the sonof Zuph,an Ephraimite.
