He made him king over Gilead, Ashuri and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.
Joshua 16:9 - New International Version (Anglicised) It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition With the towns set apart for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages. American Standard Version (1901) together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. Common English Bible It included cities set apart for the people of Ephraim within the legacy of the people of Manasseh, all the cities and their surrounding areas. Catholic Public Domain Version And there were cities, with their villages, which were set aside for the sons of Ephraim, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Manasseh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there were cities with their villages separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the possession of the children of Manasses. |
He made him king over Gilead, Ashuri and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.
Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages.
Ephraim will have one portion; it will border the territory of Manasseh from east to west.
They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labour.
From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to its clans.
Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine. There were towns belonging to Ephraim lying among the towns of Manasseh, but the boundary of Manasseh was the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.