Verse 31

And of the half-tribe{H2677} {H4294} of Manasseh{H4519} eighteen{H8083} thousand,{H505} who were mentioned{H5344} by name,{H8034} to come{H935} and make David{H1732} king.{H4427}

Referenced Verses

• Josh 17:1-9 : 1 And [this] was the lot{H1486} for the tribe{H4294} of Manasseh;{H4519} for he was the first-born{H1060} of Joseph.{H3130} As for Machir{H4353} the first-born{H1060} of Manasseh,{H4519} the father{H1} of Gilead,{H1568} because he was a man{H376} of war,{H4421} therefore he had Gilead{H1568} and Bashan.{H1316} 2 So [the lot] was for the rest{H3498} of the children{H1121} of Manasseh{H4519} according to their families:{H4940} for the children{H1121} of Abiezer,{H44} and for the children{H1121} of Helek,{H2507} and for the children{H1121} of Asriel,{H844} and for the children{H1121} of Shechem,{H7928} and for the children{H1121} of Hepher,{H2660} and for the children{H1121} of Shemida:{H8061} these were the male{H2145} children{H1121} of Manasseh{H4519} the son{H1121} of Joseph{H3130} according to their families.{H4940} 3 But Zelophehad,{H6765} the son{H1121} of Hepher,{H2660} the son{H1121} of Gilead,{H1568} the son{H1121} of Machir,{H4353} the son{H1121} of Manasseh,{H4519} had no sons,{H1121} but daughters:{H1323} and these are the names{H8034} of his daughters:{H1323} Mahlah,{H4244} and Noah,{H5270} Hoglah,{H2295} Milcah,{H4435} and Tirzah.{H8656} 4 And they came near{H7126} before{H6440} Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} and before{H6440} Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun,{H5126} and before{H6440} the princes,{H5387} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} Moses{H4872} to give{H5414} us an inheritance{H5159} among{H8432} our brethren:{H251} therefore according to the commandment{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} he gave{H5414} them an inheritance{H5159} among{H8432} the brethren{H251} of their father.{H1} 5 And there fell{H5307} ten{H6235} parts{H2256} to Manasseh,{H4519} besides the land{H776} of Gilead{H1568} and Bashan,{H1316} which is beyond{H5676} the Jordan;{H3383} 6 because the daughters{H1323} of Manasseh{H4519} had{H5157} an inheritance{H5159} among{H8432} his sons.{H1121} And the land{H776} of Gilead{H1568} belonged unto the rest{H3498} of the sons{H1121} of Manasseh.{H4519} 7 And the border{H1366} of Manasseh{H4519} was from Asher{H836} to Michmethath,{H4366} which is before{H6440} Shechem;{H7927} and the border{H1366} went along{H1980} to the right hand,{H3225} unto the inhabitants{H3427} of En-tappuah.{H5887} 8 The land{H776} of Tappuah{H8599} belonged to Manasseh;{H4519} but Tappuah{H8599} on the border{H1366} of Manasseh{H4519} belonged to the children{H1121} of Ephraim.{H669} 9 And the border{H1366} went down{H3381} unto the brook{H5158} of Kanah,{H7071} southward{H5045} of the brook:{H5158} these cities{H5892} belonged to Ephraim{H669} among{H8432} the cities{H5892} of Manasseh:{H4519} and the border{H1366} of Manasseh{H4519} was on the north side{H6828} of the brook,{H5158} and the goings{H8444} out thereof were at the sea:{H3220} 10 southward{H5045} it was Ephraim's,{H669} and northward{H6828} it was Manasseh's,{H4519} and the sea{H3220} was his border;{H1366} and they reached{H6293} to Asher{H836} on the north,{H6828} and to Issachar{H3485} on the east.{H4217} 11 And Manasseh{H4519} had in Issachar{H3485} and in Asher{H836} Beth-shean{H1052} and its towns,{H1323} and Ibleam{H2991} and its towns,{H1323} and the inhabitants{H3427} of Dor{H1756} and its towns,{H1323} and the inhabitants{H3427} of En-dor{H5874} and its towns,{H1323} and the inhabitants{H3427} of Taanach{H8590} and its towns,{H1323} and the inhabitants{H3427} of Megiddo{H4023} and its towns,{H1323} even the three{H7969} heights.{H5316} 12 Yet the children{H1121} of Manasseh{H4519} could{H3201} not drive out{H3423} [the inhabitants of] those cities;{H5892} but the Canaanites{H3669} would{H2974} dwell{H3427} in that land.{H776} 13 And it came to pass, when the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} were waxed strong,{H2388} that they put{H5414} the Canaanites{H3669} to taskwork,{H4522} and did not utterly{H3423} drive them out.{H3423} 14 And the children{H1121} of Joseph{H3130} spake{H1696} unto Joshua,{H3091} saying,{H559} Why hast thou given{H5414} me but one{H259} lot{H1486} and one{H259} part{H2256} for an inheritance,{H5159} seeing I am a great{H7227} people,{H5971} forasmuch as{H5704} hitherto{H3541} Jehovah{H3068} hath blessed{H1288} me? 15 And Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto them, If thou be a great{H7227} people,{H5971} get thee up{H5927} to the forest,{H3293} and cut down{H1254} for thyself there in the land{H776} of the Perizzites{H6522} and of the Rephaim;{H7497} since the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim{H669} is too narrow{H213} for thee. 16 And the children{H1121} of Joseph{H3130} said,{H559} The hill-country{H2022} is not enough{H4672} for us: and all the Canaanites{H3669} that dwell{H3427} in the land{H776} of the valley{H6010} have chariots{H7393} of iron,{H1270} both they who are in Beth-shean{H1052} and its towns,{H1323} and they who are in the valley{H6010} of Jezreel.{H3157} 17 And Joshua{H3091} spake{H559} unto the house{H1004} of Joseph,{H3130} even to Ephraim{H669} and to Manasseh,{H4519} saying,{H559} Thou art a great{H7227} people,{H5971} and hast great{H1419} power;{H3581} thou shalt not have one{H259} lot{H1486} only: 18 but the hill-country{H2022} shall be thine; for though it is a forest,{H3293} thou shalt cut it down,{H1254} and the goings{H8444} out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out{H3423} the Canaanites,{H3669} though they have chariots{H7393} of iron,{H1270} and though they are strong.{H2389}