²¹But the descendants^z of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites^a who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived among the descendants^b of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

²²Likewise, the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them. ²³And the house of Joseph spied out Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz). ²⁴And when the spies saw a man leaving the city,^c they said to him, “Please show us the entrance of the city, and we will deal kindly^d with you.” ²⁵So he showed them the entrance of the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword,^e but they let go the man and all his family. ²⁶And the man went to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city and named it Luz; this is its name to this day.

²⁷Manasseh did not drive out Beth-Sean and its towns, or Taanach and its towns, or the inhabitants^f of Dor and its towns, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; the Canaanites^g were determined to live in this land. ²⁸And it happened, when Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites^h to forced labor, but they never totally drove them out. ²⁹Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanitesⁱ living in Gezer, so the Canaanites^j lived in their midst in Gezer. ³⁰Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or Nahalol, so the Canaanites^k lived in their midst and became subjected to forced labor. ³¹Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob, ³²so the Asherites^l lived in the midst of the Canaanites,^m the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out.

³³Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or Beth-anath, but lived in the midst of the Canaanites,ⁿ the inhabitants of the land; the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them.

³⁴The Amorites pressed^o the descendants^p of Dan to the hill country, and they did not allow them to come down to the plain; ³⁵the Amorites were determined to live in Har-heres,^q in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy on them, and they became subjected to forced labor. ³⁶The border of the Amorites^r ran from the ascent of Akrabbim from Sela and upward.

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Footnotes

zOr “sons/children”
aHebrew “Jebusite”
bOr “sons/children”
cOr “going out from the city”
dOr “do a loyal love”
eLiterally “the mouth of the sword”
fHebrew “inhabitant”
gHebrew “Canaanite”
hHebrew “Canaanite”
iHebrew “Canaanite”
jHebrew “Canaanite”
kHebrew “Canaanite”
lHebrew “Asherite”
mHebrew “Canaanite”
nHebrew “Canaanite”
oOr “forced”
pOr “sons/children”
qOr “Mount Heres”
rHebrew “Amorite”