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17 Gilead remained beyond the Jordan,
and Dan—why did he linger in ships?
Asher remained sitting on the seashore,
and upon its landing places he remained.

18 Zebulun is a people who scorned death and risked their lives,
and Naphtali stayed on the heights of the battlefields.

19 Kings came; they waged war.
There the kings of Canaan waged war,
    in Ta’anach, at the waters of Megiddo,
but they gained no silver as plunder.

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17 Gilead(A) stayed beyond the Jordan.
    And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher(B) remained on the coast(C)
    and stayed in his coves.
18 The people of Zebulun(D) risked their very lives;
    so did Naphtali(E) on the terraced fields.(F)

19 “Kings came(G), they fought,
    the kings of Canaan fought.
At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo,(H)
    they took no plunder of silver.(I)

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