Likewise the houseof Josephwentup against Bethel,and the LORDwas with them.
But his bowremainedfirm,And his armswere agile,From the handsof the MightyOneof Jacob(From thereis the Shepherd,the Stoneof Israel),
And the LORDwas with him; whereverhe wenthe prospered.And he rebelledagainst the kingof Assyriaand did not servehim.
and alongthe bordersof the sonsof Manasseh,Beth-sheanwith its towns,Taanachwith its towns,Megiddowith its towns,Dorwith its towns.In theselivedthe sonsof Josephthe sonof Israel.
of the sonsof Joseph:of Ephraim,Elishamathe sonof Ammihud;of Manasseh,Gamalielthe sonof Pedahzur;
Of the sonsof Joseph,[namely], of the sonsof Ephraim,their genealogicalregistrationby their families,by their fathers'households,according to the numberof names,from twentyyearsoldand upward,whoever[was able to] goout to war,
For the sonsof Josephwere twotribes,Manassehand Ephraim,and they did not givea portionto the Levitesin the land,exceptcitiesto livein, with their pasturelandsfor their livestockand for their property.
And he tookabout 5,000menand setthem in ambushbetweenBetheland Ai,on the westsideof the city.
from the tribeof Zebuluntwelvethousand,from the tribeof Josephtwelvethousand,from the tribeof Benjamin,twelvethousand[were] sealed.
Now the LORDwas with Judah,and they tookpossessionof the hillcountry;but they could not driveout the inhabitantsof the valleybecausethey had ironchariots.
But the sonsof Benjamindid not driveout the Jebusiteswho livedin Jerusalem;so the Jebusiteshave livedwith the sonsof Benjaminin Jerusalemto thisday.
The houseof Josephspiedout Bethel(now the nameof the citywas formerlyLuz).
