¹⁵ And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go ^[a]up to the forest and ^[b]clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”

¹⁸ but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall ^[a]clear it, and to its ^[b]farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall dispossess the Canaanites, even though they have ^(A)chariots of iron and even though they are strong.”

²⁶ And Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.