11 Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean, Ibleam, and the inhabitants of Dor with their surrounding villages;(A) the inhabitants of En-dor, Taanach, and Megiddo—the three cities of[a] Naphath—with their surrounding villages.(B)

12 The descendants of Manasseh could not possess these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land. 13 However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they imposed forced labor on the Canaanites but did not drive them out completely.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 17:11 LXX, Vg read the third is

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