²¹But the sons of Benjamin did not destroy the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem: and the Jebusite hath dwelt with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this present day.

²²The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

²³For when they were besieging the city, which before was called Luza,

²⁴They saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him: Shew us the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

²⁵And when he had shewed them, they smote the city with the edge of the sword: but that man, and all his kindred, they let go:

²⁶Who being sent away, went into the land of Hetthim, and built there a city, and called it Luza: which is so called until this day.

²⁷Manasses also did not destroy Bethsan, and Thanac, with their villages; nor the inhabitants of Dor, and Jeblaam, and Mageddo, with their villages. And the Chanaanite began to dwell with them.

²⁸But after Israel was grown strong, he made them tributaries, and would not destroy them.

²⁹Ephraim also did not slay the Chanaanite that dwelt in Gazer, but dwelt with him.

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