<p class="poetry">the king of Taanach (one),p> <p class="poetry">the king of Megiddo<n id="1" /> (one),p>

<p class="poetry">Kings came, they fought;p> <p class="poetry">the kings of Canaan fought,p> <p class="poetry">at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but<n id="2" /> they took no silver as plunder.p>

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">Here are the details concerning the work crews<n id="1" /> King Solomon conscripted<n id="2" /> to build the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> and the cities of<n id="4" /> Hazor,<n id="5" /> Megiddo,<n id="6" /> and Gezer.

<p class="bodytext">When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off<n id="1" /> up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered, &#8220;Shoot him too.&#8221; They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam.<n id="2" /> He fled to Megiddo<n id="3" /> and died there.

On the border of Manasseh&#8217;s territory were Beth-Shean<n id="1" /> and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo<n id="2" /> and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel&#8217;s son, lived here.p>

But Josiah did not turn back from him;<n id="1" /> he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously<n id="2" /> the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shan, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo<n id="1" /> or their surrounding towns.<n id="2" /> The Canaanites managed<n id="3" /> to remain in those areas.<n id="4" />