Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
God gave them an inheritance promised in hope, not yet seized; but when they failed to take those cities, it was their own fault. They did not truly believe God was faithful, and worse, they grew lazy and chose filthy profit over obedience to His command.
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God wove the tribes together on purpose, Manasseh held cities within Ephraim, Issachar, and Asher so they would know each other, do good offices as brethren, and keep mutual correspondence. Yet both Manasseh and Ephraim broke faith by letting Canaanites live among them, making them tributaries for their own gain.
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Commenting on Joshua 17:7-13
Beth-shean lay at the entrance to the great plain of Jezreel and was so fertile that the Talmud says if Eden were in Israel, Beth-shean would be its gate. It was one of the ten cities of Decapolis from which our Lord had hearers.
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