Judges 1:21–36

Benjamin’s Failure

²¹At the same time the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites have lived among the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day. ^j

Success of the House of Joseph

²²The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the Lord was with ^kthem. ²³They sent spies to Bethel (the town was formerly named Luz ^l). ²⁴The spies saw a man coming out of the town and said to him, “Please show us how to get into town, and we will treat you well.” ^m25When he showed them the way into the town, they put the town to the sword but released the man and his entire family. ²⁶Then the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a town, and named it Luz. That is its name to this day.

Failure of the Other Tribes

²⁷At that time Manasseh failed to take possession of Beth-shean ^noand its villages, ^por Taanach ^qand its villages, or the residents of Dor ^rand its villages, or the residents of Ibleam ^stand its villages, or the residents of Megiddo ^uand its villages; the Canaanites refused to leave ^vthis land. ^w28When Israel became stronger, they made the Canaanites serve as forced labor but never drove them out completely. ^x

²⁹At that time Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among them in Gezer. ^yz

³⁰Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron or the residents of Nahalol, ^aso the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced labor.

³¹Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco ^bor of Sidon, or Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. ³²The Asherites lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, because they failed to drive them out.

³³Naphtali did not drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh or the residents of Beth-anath. They lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, but the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served as their forced labor.

³⁴The Amorites ^cforced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to go down into the valley. ³⁵The Amorites refused to leave ^dHar-heres, Aijalon, ^eand Shaalbim. When the house of Joseph got the upper hand, ^fthe Amorites ^gwere made to serve as forced labor. ³⁶The territory of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim, ^hthat is from Sela ⁱupward.