⁹ Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan;

²⁰ Then the men of Beth-shemesh said, ^(A)“Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?”

¹² And the cows went straight in the direction of ^(A)Beth-shemesh along ^(B)one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of ^(C)Beth-shemesh.

³⁵ The Amorites persisted in dwelling in Mount Heres, ^(A)in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily on them, and they became subject to forced labor.

¹⁶ Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities out of these two tribes;

^42 (A)Shaalabbin, ^(B)Aijalon, Ithlah,