The House of Joseph Subdues the Amorites of Aijalon and Shaalbim

The book of Judges 1 catalogs the failures of each tribe to fully drive out the Canaanites from its assigned territory. The tribe of Dan failed especially badly — "the Amorites pressed the people of Dan back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain" (Judges 1:34). But then a brief note records a partial recovery: "The Amorites persisted in dwelling in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily on them, and they became subject to forced labor" (Judges 1:35).

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