Joshua 17:16

And they said, The mount of Ephraim does not please us, and the Chananite dwelling in it in Bæthsan, and in its villages, and in the valley of Jezrael, has choice cavalry and iron.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

In Context

15And Joshua said to them, If thou be a great people, go up to the forest, and clear the land for thyself, if mount Ephraim be too little for thee.

17And Joshua said to the sons of Joseph, If thou art a great people, and hast great strength, thou shalt not have only one inheritance.

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Cross References

Joshua 15:56and Jariel, and Aricam, and Zacanaim,

Joshua 17:18For thou shalt have the wood, for there is a wood, and thou shalt clear it, and the land shall be thine; even when thou shalt have utterly destroyed the Chananite, for he has chosen cavalry; yet thou art stronger than he.

Judges 1:19And the Lord was with Judas, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for + 1:19 Heb. they had chariots of iron.Rechab prevented them.

Judges 4:13And Sisara + 4:13 Gr. called.summoned all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron and all the people with him, from Arisoth of the Gentiles to the brook of Kison.

1 Samuel 29:1And the Philistines gather all their armies to Aphec, and Israel encamped in Aendor, which is in Jezrael.

1 Kings 18:45And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achaab wept, and went to Jezrael.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 17:15-18

14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto? 15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the… Read the whole commentary →

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