17. Then Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they defeated the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath. They utterly destroyed it, and thus the name of the city was called Hormah.
18. Also Judah captured Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory and Ekron with its territory.
19. Adonai was with Judah, and he possessed the hill country, but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots.
20. Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised, so he drove out from there the three sons of Anak.
21. But the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, so the Jebusites continued to live with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22. Also the house of Joseph marched against Bethel, and Adonai was with them.
23. The house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz).
24. Now the scouts saw a man coming out from the city and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city and we will deal kindly with you.”
25. So he showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man go free with all his family.
26. So the man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
27. Manasseh, however, did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages. So the Canaanites resolved to dwell in that land.
28. When Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out.
29. Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites settled in Gezer among them.
30. Nor did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol, so the Canaanites settled among them, but became subject to forced labor.