Joshua 17:16
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth–shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.”
מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
בַּרְזֶל
iron
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בַּרְזֶל
Iron. Barzel. Iron sharpens iron. Difficult relationships and challenging conversations make us sharper. God uses friction to refine us.
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בֵּן
the descendants of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph, may he add. Yowseph. From the root to add or increase. What looks like subtraction is often God's addition in disguise.
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יִזְרְעֵאל
Jezreel
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יִזְרְעֵאל
Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites
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בֵּית שְׁאָן
Shean
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בֵּית שְׁאָן
Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine
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