Joshua 17:11-13

11 Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan, Ibleam and the people of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth^[a] ).

12 Yet the Manassites were not able to occupy these towns, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that region.

13 However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not drive them out completely.

Joshua 17:11-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 17

This chapter gives an account of the lot that fell to the half tribe of Manasseh, to the male children of Manasseh, and to the daughters of Zelophehad, Jos 17:1-6; and describes the coast of that lot, Jos 17:7-13; and relates the request of the sons of Joseph, to have their lot enlarged, which was granted, Jos 17:14-18.

Cross References

• 1. ver 10
• 2. ver 16; Judges 1:27; 1 Samuel 31:10; 2 Samuel 21:12; 1 Kings 4:12; 1 Chronicles 7:29
• 3. 2 Kings 9:27
• 4. S Joshua 11:2
• 5. 1 Samuel 28:7; Psalms 83:10
• 6. S Joshua 12:21
• 7. 1 Kings 9:15
• 8. Ezekiel 48:4
• 9. S Joshua 15:63; Judges 1:27
• 10. Judges 1:27-28; Joshua 16:10

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, Naphoth Dor