Judges 1
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Judges 1:21-36

21And the children of BenjaminH1144 did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabitedH3427 JerusalemH3389; but the Jebusites dwellH3427 with the children of BenjaminH1144 in JerusalemH3389 unto this dayH3117.

22And the houseH1004 of JosephH3130, they alsoH1571 wentH5927 up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them. 23And the houseH1004 of JosephH3130 sent to spyH8446 out Beth-el. (Now the nameH8034 of the cityH5892 beforetime was LuzH3870.) 24And the watchers sawH7200 a manH376 comeH3318 forthH3318 out of the cityH5892, and they saidH559 unto him, ShowH7200 us, we pray thee, the entranceH3996 into the cityH5892, and we will deal kindly with thee. 25And he showedH7200 them the entranceH3996 into the cityH5892; and they smote the cityH5892 with the edge of the swordH2719; but they let the manH376 goH7971 and all his familyH4940. 26And the manH376 went into the landH776 of the HittitesH2850, and builtH1129 a cityH5892, and calledH7121 the nameH8034 thereof LuzH3870, which is the nameH8034 thereof unto this dayH3117.

27And ManassehH4519 did not drive outthe inhabitantsH3427 ofBeth-sheanH1052 and its towns, norofTaanachH8590 and its towns, nor the inhabitantsH3427 of DorH1756 and its towns, nor the inhabitantsH3427 of IbleamH2991 and its towns, nor the inhabitantsH3427 of MegiddoH4023 and its towns; but the CanaanitesH3669 would dwellH3427 in that landH776. 28And it came to pass, when IsraelH3478 wasH1961 waxed strongH2388, that they putH7760 the CanaanitesH3669 to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.

29And EphraimH669 drove not out the CanaanitesH3669 that dweltH3427 in GezerH1507; but the CanaanitesH3669 dweltH3427 in GezerH1507 among them.

30ZebulunH2074 drove not out the inhabitantsH3427 of Kitron, nor the inhabitantsH3427 of Nahalol; but the CanaanitesH3669 dweltH3427 among them, and becameH1961 subject to taskwork.

31AsherH836 drove not out the inhabitantsH3427 of Acco, nor the inhabitantsH3427 of SidonH6721, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of RehobH7340; 32but the Asherites dweltH3427 among the CanaanitesH3669, the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776; for they did not drive them out.

33NaphtaliH5321 drove not out the inhabitantsH3427 of Beth-shemeshH1053, nor the inhabitantsH3427 of Beth-anathH1043; but he dweltH3427 among the CanaanitesH3669, the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776: nevertheless the inhabitantsH3427 of Beth-shemeshH1053 and of Beth-anathH1043 becameH1961 subject to taskwork.

34And the AmoritesH567 forced the children of DanH1835 into the hill-country; for they would not suffer them to comeH3381 down to the valleyH6010; 35but the AmoritesH567 would dwellH3427 in mount HeresH2776, in AijalonH357, and in ShaalbimH8169: yet the handH3027 of the houseH1004 of JosephH3130 prevailed, so that they becameH1961 subject to taskwork. 36And the borderH1366 of the AmoritesH567 was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rockH5553, and upwardH4605.

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