Joshua 17:12

But the descendants of Manasseh could not take possession of these towns because the Canaanites were determined to go on occupying the land.

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In The King James Version

Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

In Context

11The following towns with their associated villages were allocated to Manasseh but lay within the land of Issachar and Asher: Beth-shan, Ibleam, Dor (on the coast), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo.

13However, later on, when the Israelites grew strong enough, they made the Canaanites do forced labor—but they did not drive them out.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:29I will not drive them out in just one year, because the land would become desolate and you would have to deal with increased numbers of wild animals.

Joshua 15:63However, the tribe of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live among the tribe of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.

Judges 1:27However, Manasseh didn't drive out the people living in the towns of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo and their surrounding villages because the Canaanites insisted on living in the land.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 17:8-14

7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; 9 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: 10… Read the whole commentary →

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