[¹] Hebrew Non.
24. Beth-horon] See vi. 68, note.
28, 29.
Settlements of the Sons of Joseph.
The writer of these verses does not intend to give a full list of the seats of Ephraim (verse 28) and Manasseh (verse 29); but apparently to indicate the area and position of their territory by the mention of towns on the borders.
²⁸And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns[¹] thereof, and eastward Naaran[²], and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah[³] and the towns thereof:
[¹] Hebrew daughters.
[²] In Joshua xvi. 7, Naarah.
[³] Many MSS. read, Ayyah.
28. Beth-el] the southern boundary. Beth-el is the modern Beitîn, ten miles north of Jerusalem (Bädeker, Palestine⁵, p. 217). The city was on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin and in Joshua xviii. 22 is assigned to Benjamin, but it was originally conquered by Ephraim (Judges i. 22), and during the division of the kingdom it belonged to the North: compare 1 Kings xii. 29, 32; 2 Chronicles xiii. 19, note.
Naaran] the eastern boundary. In Joshua xvi. 7, Naarath (Revised Version Naarah).