Joshua 17:11-18

Within these two territories, there were several cities together with their surrounding towns that belonged to Manasseh: Beth Shean, Ibleam, Dor, Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo. These constituted three regions. Yet the men of Manasseh failed to take possession of those towns, and the Canaanites continued to live in that land. Later, when the Israelites grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor but did not utterly drive them out. One day, the descendants of Joseph came to Joshua and said, “YAHWEH has blessed us with many people, but you have given us only one part of the land. We ought to have more land!” Joshua said to them, “If the hill country of Ephraim is too small for the large number of people in your tribes, then go into the forests which belong to the Perizzites and the Rephaites, and clear ground for yourselves there.” The descendants of Joseph answered, “Indeed, there’s not enough room for us in the hill country of Ephraim. Yet all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, both those in Beth Shean and its villages, and those in the Valley of Jezreel.” Then Joshua said to the tribe of Ephraim and the half-tribe of Manasseh, “There are indeed many people in your tribes, and for that reason, you are very powerful. I will give you more than one share of land. Therefore, I will give you the hill country as well. It is a forest, but YAHWEH will empower you to take possession of it and clear it from one end to the other. You will conquer all the Canaanites even though they not only have iron chariots but also are a strong people.”