Gezer ... Shechem] On Gezer the western, and Shechem the northern boundary—see the note on vi. 67.
Azzah] or Ayyah, has not yet been identified. Probably, like Shechem, it serves to define the northern border between Ephraim and Manasseh.
²⁹and 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.
29. For Manasseh four important towns are enumerated: Beth-shean on the east in the valley of the Jordan, Taanach and Megiddo in the plain of Esdraelon or Megiddo, and Dor on the Mediterranean coast, south of Mt Carmel.
Beth-shean] In 1 Samuel xxxi. 10, 12 spelt Beth-shan. It is the Greek Scythopolis, the modern Beisan.
Taanach] See vi. 70, note on Aner.
Megiddo] Judges v. 19; 2 Kings xxiii. 29; Zechariah xii. 11.
Dor] modern Tantura. Compare Joshua xvii. 11.
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The Genealogy of Asher.
³⁰The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.