Beth-el Judges 1:22-25; 1 Kings 12:29; 1 Kings 12:32. Beth-el is perhaps the modern Beitîn (Bädeker, p. 213). The city was on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin and in Joshua 18:22 is assigned to Benjamin, but it was originally conquered by Ephraim (Judges 1:22), and during the division of the kingdom it belonged to the North: cp. 2 Chronicles 13:19, note.

Naaran In Joshua 16:7, Naarath(R.V. Naarah).

Gezer … Shechem See 1 Chronicles 6:67, note.

unto Gaza Gaza(Heb. Azzah) the well-known Philistine city was in the extreme south-west of Palestine and can hardly be intended here in a list of Ephraimite cities. Some Heb. MSS read Ayyah, a reading which is in part supported by LXX (B) ἔως Γαιάν.

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