Judges 1:12-36

12And Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as a wife.” 13Now 1Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife. 14Then 2it happened that when she came to him, she incited him to ask her father for a field. Then later, she dismounted from 3her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What 4do you want?” 15She said to him, “Give me a blessing: since you have given me the land of the 5Negev, give me springs of water also.” So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

16Now the 6descendants of 7the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up from the 8city of palms with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the south of 9Arad; and they went and lived with the people. 17Then Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called 10Hormah. 18And Judah took 11Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory. 19Now the Lord was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not 12drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had 13iron chariots. 20Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, 14as Moses had 15promised; and he drove out from there 16the three sons of Anak. 2117But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the 18Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

22Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them. 23The house of Joseph had men spy out Bethel (19the name of the city previously was Luz). 24And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and 20we will treat you kindly.” 25So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, 21but they let the man and all his family go free. 26Then the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and named it Luz, 22which is its name to this day.

2723But Manasseh did not take possession of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; so 24the Canaanites persisted in living in this land. 28And it came about, when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they did not drive them out completely.

29And 25Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

30Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of 26Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and became subject to forced labor.

31Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, or of Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or of Rehob. 32So the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

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

34Then the Amorites 27forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley; 35yet the Amorites persisted in living on Mount Heres, in Aijalon and Shaalbim; but when the 28power of the house of Joseph 29grew strong, they became forced labor. 36The border of the Amorites ran from the 30ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.