Three cities — Tappuah, and the cities upon the coast descending to the river, &c. last mentioned. Among the cities of Manasseh — That is, are intermixed with their cities, which was not strange nor unfit, these two being linked together by a nearer alliance than the rest.
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Joshua 17:9
9 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah,b southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: