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 ⁿ^oand its villages, ^por Taanach ^qand its villages, or the residents of Dor ^rand its villages, or the residents of Ibleam ^s^tand 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. ^y^z

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Footnotes

n1:27 reads Beth-shean, which is a Scythian city
p1:27 reads its villages or the fields around it
s1:27 reads Balaam
v1:27 reads Canaanites began to live in
y1:29 reads Gezer, and became forced labor

Cross references

k1:22 Gn 39:2, 21; Jos 6:27; Jdg 2:18; 1Sm 18:12
l1:23 Gn 28:19; 35:6; 48:3
m1:24 Jos 2:12, 14; 2Sm 9:1, 3, 7
o1:27 Jos 17:11, 16; 1Sm 31:10, 12; 2Sm 21:12
q1:27 Jos 21:25; Jdg 5:19
r1:27 Jos 11:2; 12:23; 17:11; 1Kg 4:11
t1:27 Jos 17:11; 2Kg 9:27
u1:27 Jdg 5:19; 1Kg 9:15; 2Kg 23:29–30
w1:27 Jdg 1:35; Hs 5:11
x1:27–28 Jos 17:12–13
z1:29 Jos 16:10