18. Judah captured Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, Ekron with its territory, and Ashdod with its territory.
19. The Lord was with Judah, so they gained possession of the mountain region. But they could not dispossess those who lived on the plain, because they had iron chariots.
20. As Moses had commanded, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who then drove the three sons of Anak away from there.
21. As for the Jebusites dwelling in Jerusalem, the Benjaminites did not dispossess them, so that the Jebusites live with the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to the present day.
22. The house of Joseph, too, went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
23. The house of Joseph reconnoitered Bethel, which formerly was called Luz.
24. The scouts saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, “Tell us the way into the city, and we will show you mercy.”
25. He showed them the way into the city, and they put the city to the sword; but they let the man and his whole clan go free.
26. The man then went to the land of the Hittites, where he built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.