and the border went out The line appears to run north towards the Beth-horons, where it meets the southern boundary common to both tribes. Then it went north-westward (or toward the sea) to Michmethah, which lay "facing Shechem" (Joshua 17:7), but which has not been discovered by any travellers.

Taanath-shiloh identified by some with Ain Tâna, which lay between Shechem and the Jordan.

Janohah Doubtless identical with the modern Yanûn, about 10 miles south-east of Shechem, where extensive ruins of great antiquity exist.

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