because the district of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, although Tappuah itself was an Ephraimite city on the border of Manasseh.
Along the territory of Manasseh from the eastern border to the western border: Ephraim, one portion.
the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
Zanoah, Engannim, Tappuah, Enam,
Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,
From Tappuah the boundary ran westward to the Wadi Kanah and ended at the sea. This was the heritage of the Ephraimites by their clans,
Manasseh bordered on Asher. From Michmethath, near Shechem, another boundary ran southward to include the inhabitants of En-Tappuah,