# not allowing them to come down

"stopping them from coming down"

# plain

a very large area of flat land without trees

# Mount Heres

This is the name of a large hill on which the city of Aijalon was built. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Aijalon ... Shaalbim

These are names of cities. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# the military might of the house of Joseph conquered them

"the tribes of people who descended from Joseph were able to conquer them because of their powerful army"

# house of Joseph

Here "house" represents descendants. Manasseh and Ephraim were sons of Joseph, and the "house of Joseph" can refer to the descendants of Manasseh and Ephraim. AT: "the descendants of Manasseh and Ephraim" or "the men of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# the hill of Akrabbim

This was a pass southwest of the Dead Sea. It is also called the "Scorpion Pass." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Sela

This is the name of a city. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])