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1 Chronicles 7:29
And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records the territorial holdings of the tribe of Manasseh, continuing a systematic census of Israel’s tribal inheritances.
The words — יְדֵי (ye.Dei) literally means “hands,” used here to denote borders or boundaries. בְּנֵי (benei) means “sons” or “descendants,” identifying the inhabitants.
The thread — This boundary list follows the Ephraimite holdings in 1 Chronicles 7:28 and precedes the Asherite genealogy in 1 Chronicles 7:30. The Joseph allotment pattern appears in Joshua 16:1, while Bethel’s capture is noted in Judges 1:22 and Armageddon in Revelation 16:16.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize the precise geographic limits assigned to Manasseh and confirm that Joseph’s descendants dwelled within those established borders.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth–shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
Cross-references
- Judges 1:22 The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
- Revelation 16:16 And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
- Joshua 16:1 The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
- Joshua 17:7 Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
- Judges 5:19 Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
- 1 Samuel 31:10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
- 1 Kings 4:12 Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
- 1 Kings 9:15 This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 2 Kings 9:27 When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
- 2 Kings 23:29 During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.