So the Israelites did so, and expelled them outside the camp. As the Lord had spoken to Moses, so the Israelites did.

So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns.

But the men of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.

The sixth lot belonged to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans.

They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.

The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:

The Ammonites assembled and camped in Gilead; the Israelites gathered together and camped in Mizpah.

The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.

The Israelites attacked the Benjaminites the next day; they took their positions against Gibeah just as they had done before.

But evil people are like thorns – all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.

After Hezron’s death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families.

He was a descendant of Perez; he was in charge of all the army officers for the first month.

whose mother is a Danite and whose father is a Tyrian. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stones, and wood, as well as purple, violet, white, and crimson fabrics. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and understands any design given to him. He will work with your skilled craftsmen and the skilled craftsmen of my lord David your father.

Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made an alliance by marriage with Ahab,

Later the Moabites and Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, attacked Jehoshaphat.