34 (A)The Amorites pressed the people of Dan back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain. 35 The Amorites persisted in dwelling in Mount Heres, (B)in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily on them, and they became subject to forced labor.

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34 The Amorites(A) confined the Danites(B) to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain.(C) 35 And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres,(D) Aijalon(E) and Shaalbim,(F) but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor.

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Danites Take the Levite and the Idol

18 (A)In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days (B)the tribe of the people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.

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The Danites Settle in Laish

18 In those days Israel had no king.(A)

And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.(B)

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