Within Issachar&#8217;s and Asher&#8217;s territory Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, En Dor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo,<n id="1" /> the three of Napheth,<n id="2" /> and the towns surrounding all these cities.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">The Ephraimites<n id="1" /> did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Rahab<n id="1" /> let them down by a rope<n id="2" /> through the window. (Her<n id="3" /> house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)<n id="4" />

When all the men<n id="1" /> had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed.

<p class="bodytext">When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho<n id="1" /> and Ai,

<p class="bodytext">The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites,<n id="1" /> who lived<n id="2" /> in Ashtaroth and Edrei

From there he attacked the people of Debir.<n id="1" /> (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

<p class="bodytext">The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.<n id="2" />p>

They went<n id="1" /> to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them<n id="2" /> to return. Their pursuers<n id="3" /> looked all along the way but did not find them.<n id="4" />

They told Joshua, &#8220;Surely the <sc>Lordsc> is handing over all the land to us!<n id="1" /> All who live in the land are cringing before us!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us<n id="1" /> from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.<n id="1" />

The men of Israel said to the Hivites, &#8220;Perhaps you live near us.<n id="1" /> So how can we make a treaty with you?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.<n id="1" />

<n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Joshua summoned the Gibeonites<n id="2" /> and said to them, &#8220;Why did you trick<n id="3" /> us by saying, &#8216;We live far away from you,&#8217; when you really live nearby?<n id="4" />

No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon);<n id="1" /> they had to conquer all of them,<n id="2" />

But the Israelites did not conquer<n id="1" /> the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.

<p class="bodytext">The border of Manasseh went<n id="1" /> from Asher to Micmethath which is near<n id="2" /> Shechem. It then went south toward those who live in Tappuah.

But the men<n id="1" /> of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed<n id="2" /> to remain in those areas.

in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.&#8221;