And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was therein — the half-tribe of Manasseh (represented by the clan of Machir) goes to Gilead, conquers it, and drives out the Amorite inhabitants. Their military action parallels the western conquest, demonstrating that the Transjordanian settlement involved active dispossession, not merely peaceful settlement.

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