TAKING OVER THE REST OF CANAAN If the last book (the Book of Joshua). proclaims our inheritance of the promise land by the True Joshua, the Book of Judges, reveals the commitment to https://coptic-treasures.com/ perpetual strife, as long as we are in the body, until we take over the entire Canaan, namely until we enjoy the perfection of the divine promise. In the present chapter we see man’s conquest over ‘Adoni-Bezek’, -- the symbol of the devil, who would lose his authority, and be crushed under the feet of the believer -- to reign on the heavenly Jerusalem, instead of Satan, fallen down from it. 1- The fall of Adoni-Bezek 1 - 7 2- Taking possession of Jerusalem and other cities 8 - 21 3- Taking possession of Bethel 22 – 26 4- The slothfulness with the Canaanites 27 – 35 1- THE FALL OF ADONI-BEZEk “Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, “Who shall be first to go up for us against the Canaanites to fight against them? “And the LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand” (2) “ So Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me to my allotted territory, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I will likewise go with you to your allotted territory And Simeon went with him” (3) As Joshua died after crossing the Jordan, and bringing the people forth into the land of Canaan, the children of Israel were committed to fight against the Canaanites to inherit the land after driving the pagans out……. https://coptic-treasures.com/ “Jesus” the Lord of Glory died on the cross, after making us cross over the water of baptism, and giving us a divine possibility to strive in the promised land; namely through the new life we have in Jesus Christ; to drive the Canaanites out, namely the works of the devil, and to inherit in the Lord………… In other words, the death of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, and the crossing over the water of baptism, are not the end of the way, but rather its beginning, to strive canonically by the Holy Spirit, to overcome and to inherit; not for some time, but to set forth from one spiritual strife to another, from one conquest to another; and from one glory to another, through our spiritual strife. As according to St. Gregory of Nyssa: [Whoever receives the washing of renewal is like a new recruit given a place among the warriors; but it remains for him to prove his worthiness of being one]. When the children of Israel asked the Lord: “Who shall be first to fight against the Canaanites?; The Lord’s response was: “Judah shall go up”. Then ‘Judah’ asked his brother ‘Simeon’ to come up with him to his allotted territory to fight with him. ………. Who is this ‘Judah’ who initiates the spiritual war, other than our Lord Jesus Christ (He who comes from the tribe of Judah), who leads the procession by Himself, who was seen by St. John the Theologian “went out conquering and to conquer” (Revelation 6: 2), to our account. If ‘Simeon’ meaning (he who listens); refers to the believer who listens to his Lord in obedience; ‘Judah, namely our Lord Jesus Christ, in His strife against the devil our enemy, demands from ‘Simeon’, namely, from the believer, who listens to His commandment, to partake of the spiritual war. The Warrior is, therefore, the Lord Christ, who calls us to hide in Him to strive, to conquer, and to be crowned by Him. As according to St. Augustine: [Jesus, our Leader, chose for Himself, to go into temptation to teach His children how to fight]. If the word ‘Judah’ means (confession) or (faith); our Lord Jesus Christ demands from us, in our fight against the pagan Canaanites, namely the sins which reigned in our heart, to set forth to strive through faith, or through confession by https://coptic-treasures.com/ faith -- ‘Judah’, but not without ‘Simeon’ ; namely not without work or listening to the commandment. By setting forth to the first battle against the Canaanites, ‘Judah’, together with his brother ‘Simeon’, proclaim the spiritual strife through the living faith, not separate from work; being brothers joined together. ……….In other words, there is no separation between the free grace of God, and the practical strife. And as, according to St. john Chrysostom: [God requests from us a little contribution, to do the whole work by Himself]; and he says as well: {Grace is always ready to welcome those who receive her. ………Whenever our Lord sees a soul, watches and flares with love, He pours on her His riches with abundance beyond her own request]. “Then Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they killed ten thousand men at Bezek” (4) “And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites” (5) “Then Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes” (6) “And Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me. Then they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died” (7). The word ‘Adoni’ means (master), (owner), or (lord); and the word ‘Bezek’ means (strikes like lightning); the two words represent two features of ‘Satan’ who sets himself an ‘Adoni’, namely, a master, lord, and an owner;; as proclaimed by the Holy Book,: “The ruler of this world is judged” (John 16: 11); and, “Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11: 14). ……….. Adoni- Bezek, therefore, refers to Satan who set himself a ruler over those who love the https://coptic-treasures.com/ world; striking them with the lightning of his deception, to bring them under his authority; and who has actually humiliated humanity, represented by the seventy kings whose thumbs and big toes he cut off. But the true “Judah’ came to cut, by the cross, his thumbs and big toes, and to bend his neck in humiliation under the feet of man. The Lord Christ “saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven” (Luke 10: 18); and said to His disciples: “Behold, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you” (Luke 10: 19)..That is ‘Adoni-Bezek’ who fell down from our hearts as though from heaven, and came to be under our feet, unable to hurt us by any means. Now, what does he mean by cutting the thumbs and big toes? According to many fathers, “the finger of God” is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Saying in the book of Exodus:: “two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stones, written with the finger of God” (Exodus 31: 18), refer to the Word of God engraved in us by the Holy Spirit. ………If, therefore, the finger refers to the spirit, by cutting the thumbs and big toes of the seventy kings, Adon-Bezek, meant to take off their spirit, and to make humanity, that was to reign in the Lord, lose all her strength and life. Cutting off the thumbs of the hands means stopping completely all work to the account of the kingdom of God; and cutting off the big toes of the feet, means stopping the movement, or the setting forth on the royal road. So has the devil humiliated humanity, has taken away from her, her royal work and her heavenly movement, and made her a captive in his palace, to gather scrapes fallen from his table in the dust; namely to behave like animals with no honor nor spiritual authority. ……… But God did not let Adoni-Bezek humiliate His creation forever; but, on the cross, “Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it” (Colossians 2: 15). By cutting off the thumbs and big toes of the devil, God brought him under the feet of His believers, with no authority. https://coptic-treasures.com/ By that, the new place of the devil, came to be, not in the heart to reign, but under the table to be trampled by feet, to lose the ability to move and to work. What he has done, it shall be done to him; the way it was said to the people of Edom: “Your reprisal shall return upon your own head” (Obadiah 15). To such a law, all will submit, according to the words of the Lord Himself, saying: “With the measure you use, it will be measured back to you” (Matthew 7: 2). Finally the book says: “Then they brought him (Adoni-Bezek) to Jerusalem, and there he died” (7). If the word ‘Jerusalem’ means (the vision of peace), peace will never dwell in the heart, nor will be enjoyed by the soul, unless ‘Adoni-Bezek’ first dies, namely unless the authority of the devil comes to an end, to let the soul live in peace with her Creator, with her brethren; and even with her own self; when she enjoys the inner spiritual peace. Jerusalem, the symbol of the peace of the soul with God, and her enjoyment of life, is, herself, the symbol of the death of the devil, and of the perdition of sin. ……… They brought the enemy from Bezek to Jerusalem; namely brought him, whose deceptions strike like lightning, like an angel of light, to let him die in the city where God dwells by His peace. ‘Bezek”, is ‘Kherbet (or the ruins of) Bezkah’, a town in the middle of Palestine, about 13 miles north-east of Shekim. 2- TAKING POSSESSION OF JERUSALM AND OTHER CITIES: Saying: “They brought Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem”, the author gave a detailed statement of Judah’s war to take over Jerusalem and ‘Kirjath arba’ (Hebron), and ‘Gebir’ all of which I dealt with their spiritual concepts in some detail in my commentary on chapter 15 of the book of Joshua; ………to which I ask the reader to refer; but I shall only add the following additional remarks: https://coptic-treasures.com/ “Now the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire” (8) Concerning ‘Jerusalem’, they fought against its inhabitants and took it over; and brought Adon-Bezek captive into it, there to die. According to some, Judah took over the city, but not the stronghold that remained in the hands of the Jebusites ……… It is said that the Jebusites – the original inhabitants of Jerusalem, returned to their stronghold, Mount Zion, and took away the city from Judah, until Israel took it back in the days of David, the king and prophet (2 Samuel 5: 6, 7)...... Striking the city with the edge of the sword refers to the intensity of the war; but setting the city on fire, does not mean that the city was utterly destroyed by fire, but only a part thereof; the same way we say a garment is burnt , when only a little part of it is. This is proved by the fact that the city remained inhabited by its original Jebusites, together with the children of Judah and Benjamin (Verse 21; Joshua 15: 63) If, according to St. Augustine, [the earthly Jerusalem is but a shadow of the heavenly Jerusalem], it would become a dwelling place for Judah, if they stroke the Jebusites (their name means those trampled by feet) with the edge of the sword; namely if all what is worthy to trample by feet are destroyed in the heart; and if the city is burnt with the fire of the Holy Spirit, who takes the spiritual coolness away from it, and kindles it with the unquenchable fire of love. Having enjoyed Jerusalem, kindled by the fire of the Holy Spirit, Judah did not cease his spiritual strife, but, . https://coptic-treasures.com/ “And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the South, and in the lowland” (9) He went down from the 2593 feet high Jerusalem to fight against the Canaanites (meaning the stir-up). For whoever possess Jerusalem, will have no (vision of peace), nor will endure the inner stir-up in the heart through sin, but will have to fight it, to get the exalted peace in Jesus Christ. The regions to fight in are: (1) The mountains; south of Jerusalem, including Bethlehem and Hebron. (2) The South; Although it is so translated from Hebrew,, yet it is known as ‘Nogab’ the word in Arabic refers to the cortex of trees after it becomes dry. The region, so called because of its features of dryness and draught; extends, extends 70 miles south of Hebron, until it reaches the barren Maze; bordered eastward by the Sea of Lot; and westwards by the Mediterranean Sea. (3) The plain, translated in Hebrew as ‘Hashphalah’; a lowland beneath the hills, extending between the coastal flat land and the series of the mountains of Judah; distinguished by its fertility, dense trees and plantations, contrary to the region of ‘Nogab’. In the era of the Judges. The Philistines used to occupy the coastal flat land; while the Israelites used to dwell on the mountains of Judah; and battles between the two sides happened on the plain (Hashphalah) The children of Judah fought against the Canaanites in those three regions: the mountain, the ‘Nogob’ (the dryness), and the plain. The children of the True Judah – Jesus Christ – chasing the sin by the Holy Spirit to destroy it, set forth to the high mountain, with no fear of its inhabitants; to the ‘Nogob’, with no confusion; and to the plain, without being seduced by its green plantation and fruits. They strive in all regions: the mountains, the barren land, and the fertile land; regardless of the violence and cruelty of sin; nor drawn by its seductions. https://coptic-treasures.com/ As to ‘Kirjat Arba’ or Hebron (10); we saw how Caleb the son of Jephunah sought his right to possess it; and how he drove away and killed the three sons of Anak (Joshua ????). The name of the city and of the sons of Anak bore symbolic meanings we have already spoken about. Caleb cared much to possess this city, for being so fortified that it was difficult to take over; hence David made it the capital of his kingdom before he takes over Jerusalem. This city had its sanctity for the Jews; and was called ‘El-Khalil’, as a memorial of Abraham the ‘Khalil’ (the friend) of God, where he set his tents; and where he, together with ‘Sarah’ his wife were buried (Genesis 25: 7-11); became one of the cities of refuge (Joshua 21: 11-13). It is called ‘Kerjat Arba’; according to some Jewish scholars; on account of that in it four fathers were buried: Adam, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, together with their wives (Genesis 23: 19; 25: 9; 49: 30, 31); as well as where four celebrities dwelt: Abraham, Eber, Eshkol, and Memrah. But, according to the Holy Book, its name referred to ‘Arba’, the greatest, and father of the Anak (Joshua 15: 13). . 10 Then Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron. (Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kirjath Arba.) And they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai” (10). “From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir was formerly Kirjath Sepher.)” (11) “Then Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife” (12) “And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife” (13). https://coptic-treasures.com/ “Now it happened, when she came to him, that she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?” (14) “So she said to him, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water” (15) And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. The word ‘Debir’ of Hebrew origin, means (reads); Calling it ‘Kirjat Sepher’ or (the village of the Holy Book), or ‘Kirjat Sannah’ (Joshua 15: 49); was on account of what the Holy Book includes of statutes; It was most probably a center of knowledge and religion for the Canaanites. According to some, in its place nowadays is the village of ‘Dahria’, 13 miles south-west of Hebron. But most probably in its place is ‘Tel-Abib Nersim’, 13 miles south-west of Hebron, and 3 miles north-west of ‘Shamir’. We saw that the name ‘Othniel’ means (God’s response); No one could take the ‘Kirjat of the Holy Book’ except he, to whom it is granted by God, or responded to his request; to him who married ‘Achsah’ the daughter of Caleb; namely who is attached to the holy life, and recognizes its secrets, not as a village in which he dwells, but as a bride he marries. As to dismounting from her donkey, and seeking from her father to give her the upper and lower springs as a gift; it refers to the soul that forsakes the cares of the carnal body (the donkey), to seek from her heavenly Father the springs of living waters, namely the fruits of the Spirit on a high heavenly level (the upper springs), and to enjoy the fruits by which we live here on earth (the lower springs) “Now the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up from the City of Palms with the children of Judah into the Wilderness of Judah, which lies in the South near Arad; and https://coptic-treasures.com/ they went and dwelt among the people” (16) .”And Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they attacked the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called Hormah” (17) .”Also Judah took Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory” (18) .”So the LORD was with Judah. And they drove out the mountaineers, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the lowland, because they had chariots of iron” (19) “And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said. Then he expelled from there the three sons of Anak” (20) After that he talks about how the children of the Kenite (in the Septuagint version, the children of Hobab the Kenite; namely the children of the brothers of Moses’ wife ‘Sephorah’) attached themselves to the children of Judah; having ascended from the city of palms, namely ‘Jericho’ that for being accursed and became ruins, her name was not mentioned here; and set forth to the wilderness of Judah; on account of that they, like all namads did not like to live in cities (Jeremiah 35: 6, 7), south of ‘Arad’ 17 miles south of Hebron; and lived among the people of that location; namely the Amalekites. That way the wheat mixed with tares! The two tribes Judah and Simeon took part to strike ‘Zephath’ and called it ‘Hormah’, which is most probably ‘Beersheba’. The name ‘Hormah’ bears two meanings: (a holy place) and (ruins); as they utterly destroyed it because of the bitterness they had in the war against Amalek (Numbers 14: 45). https://coptic-treasures.com/ As to the cities ‘Gaza’, ‘Askelon’. And ‘Ekron’ (18), of the main five cities of the Philistines, they were taken over by the Philistines, but did not stay long there; hence it came in the Septuagint version: “Judah did not take them, namely did not inherit them”. That was at the beginning of the appearance of the ‘Iron Era’. Which the Philistines monopolized its industry, to keep the Israelites from it (1 Samuel 13: 19-22). But when David defeated the Philistines, and that was the beginning of using iron as a common trade in Israel In the midst of those successive conquests, the Holy Book proclaimed the slothfulness of the people, saying: “But the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day” (21) According to the scholar origin: [The way we hear in the gospel that wheat grow together with the tares, In the same way, in Jerusalem, namely in the church, there are the Jebusites, with their evil life; corrupt in their faith and works. It is impossible to purify the church completely, as long as they are still there on the land]. 3- TAKING POSSESSION OF BETHEL:. If Judah came ahead of all the other tribes; and his lot came the first to go and fight, representing the Lord Christ, who, Himself, came from the tribe of Judah; After Judah the lot came on “the house of Joseph”, namely the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. ‘Joseph’, means (growth), ‘Ephraim’ means (increasing fruit), and ‘Manasseh’ means (forgets). …. If in the first stage, we saw Judah https://coptic-treasures.com/ seeks from his brother Simeon to go together as two committed brothers, a sign of the unity of faith, through listening to the commandment, through work; In this stage, Joseph sets forth, namely “the spiritual growth”, through the work of Ephraim together with Manasseh; namely the enjoyment of the fruit of the Spirit together with forgetting the love of the world. Judah acquired Jerusalem, namely (The vision of peace); whereas “the house of Joseph” acquired the city of “Bethel”, namely (the house of God). By faith ‘Judah’ we enjoy the exalted divine vision of peace within ourselves; and by the spiritual growth ‘Joseph’, we come to be ourselves “Bethel”, namely a holy dwelling place for God. The Holy Book has not spoken of any other city beside Jerusalem, more than of ‘Bethel’, which was called by the name of the city of ‘Luz’. Heading to the promised land, Abraham set his tents in the mountains east of Bethel (Genesis 12: 8; 13: 3). And when Jacob fled before the face of his brother Esau, heading to Mesopotamia, he spent the night near the city of ‘Luz’ where he saw a vision of a heavenly ladder, set up on earth, and its top reached to heaven; and he called the city “Bethel” (Genesis 28: 11-19; 31: 13). Unfortunately, when the kingdom was divided, Jeroboam set two golden calves, one of them in Bethel (1 Kings 12: 28-33); and hence it was called by the prophet Hosea ‘Beth Aven”, namely (house of idols) (Hosea 10: 5, 8). Instead of the ark of the covenant (Judges 20: 27), that blessed and sanctified the city, it became a main center of idol-worship in Israel (Amos 4: 4; 5: 5). “And the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them” (22) They entered into Bethel through the company of God. For we cannot force our way into Bethel, namely the house of God, except by God Himself, who carries https://coptic-treasures.com/ us in Himself to His house; reveals its secrets to us, and let us enjoy its heavenly life. The Holy Book tells us about the way ‘the house of Joseph’ entered into Bethel by saying: “So the house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly “Luz”.)” (23) (1) ‘The house of Joseph’ sent men to “Luz” to spy it, the way Joshua did when he sent men to spy Jericho (Joshua 2: 1). If Joseph represents the Lord Christ on many aspects, ‘the house of Joseph’ represents the church that sends ministers of the Word to testify to the Truth, and to open every heart to the account of the kingdom of God, to turn it into the true Bethel. If the human soul is the true ‘house of Joseph’, it would be befitting of her not to cease using all her energies and possibilities as watchmen, whose work is to sanctify the depths with the Holy Spirit to let the heart appear as ‘Bethel’, to realize the saying of the Lord Christ: :”The kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17: 21); and the saying of the apostle: “Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own” (1 Corinthians 6: 19)? (2) “The name of the city was formally ‘Luz’” (23). The name is mentioned here, not without a goal; for ‘Luz’ (Almond) refers to the Word of God, according to the words of God Himself to Jeremiah (1: 11, 12). And according to the scholar Origen who says that ‘Luz’ or almond has an outer cover that dries and falls down; and an inner solid cover of the edible fruit of ‘Luz’. So is the Word of God or the Holy Book; if it is literally interpreted; man would eat the outer dry and bitter cover; and if he stops at the behavioral interpretation, he would eat the solid inner cover; https://coptic-treasures.com/ whereas if he enters into the deep spiritual interpretation, he would enjoy the fruit of ‘Luz’ itself, delicious and of benefit. ‘The house of Joseph’ sent watchmen to recognize ‘Luz’ and to enter into it to enjoy Bethel. For the soul would not become a house for God unless it sends watchmen to the Word of God ‘Luz’ to recognize the secrets of the Holy Book, to set forth by the Holy Spirit, the true (watchman), who is able to bring her forth to the depths of its spiritual secrets. So did the prophet David when he set forth by the Holy Spirit to ‘Luz’, when he said: “I rejoice at Your word, as one who finds great treasure” (Psalm 119: 152). (3) “And when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will show you mercy” (24) Who is that man who knows the entrance to the city, and led the watchmen to it, but the congregation of the Jews who were entrusted with the Word of God, and received the prophecy; who brought the world forth to the knowledge of the Lord Christ, and revealed to the gentiles ‘Bethel’ and its true entrances; Yet they, themselves, “went to the land of the Hittites” (26), and set for themselves a city of ‘Luz’ according to their own discretion. In this they were like the workers who helped Noah to build the ark for him and his family, while they, themselves, were not saved. ‘The house of Joseph’ showed mercy to the man and his family, and let them go (25); but instead of joining them to enter the city, and partake of their inheritance, they set forth to live among the Hittites, to partake of their denial and lack of faith. What that man did to the ‘house of Joseph’ is done by many even up to this day; when they lead the others to the knowledge of the Truth, when https://coptic-treasures.com/ they, themselves refrain from entering into it. That was what the apostle Paul feared when he said: “I discipline my body, and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified” (1 Corinthians 9: 27). And what St. John Chrysostom feared, when he said: [I shed tears when I see myself sit on a throne above everyone else; and when I am given more honor than everyone else]. 5- SLOTHFULNESS WITH THE CANAANITES: “So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go” (25) “And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day” (26). We said that the word ‘Canaanites’ means (stir-up); Not completely driving them out, and keeping them among them for the sake of receiving tribute from them (28, 29, 30, 33 etc.), refers to the perversion of the heart to the love of money. God gave us the authority to drive out every spiritual confusion and stir-ups; yet, for the sake of tribute, namely the love of money, we do not drive them out, but keep them for our temporal benefit; something that would destroy the soul here, and make her lose her eternity there. “However, Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants https://coptic-treasures.com/ of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land. And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites under tribute, but did not completely drive them out” (28). “Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; so the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them”. “Nor did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanites dwelt among them, and were put under tribute”. “Nor did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. 32 So the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out”. Nor did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but they dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were put under tribute to them”. “And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountains, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley; and the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim;[c] yet when the strength of the house of Joseph became greater, they were put under tribute”. “ Now the boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward” (27 – 36)
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