The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.
"Megiddo ..."  (Joshua 17:11).  "This was an important O.T. city that lay in the Carmel range some 20 miles south-southeast of the modern Haifa. It commanded the most important pass from the coastal plain to the valley of Esdraelon ...  The city was destroyed near the end of the 12th century."[14]  It could have been at that time that Israel was able to reduce the inhabitants to slavery, IN A PERIOD LONG BEFORE THE MONARCHY. The frequent mention here that Israel "could not drive them out" indicates a period that soon ended when Israel "waxed strong," at a time long before the monarchy.