Judges 1:19-36

19Now the Lord was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not 1drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had 2iron chariots. 20Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, 3as Moses had 4promised; and he drove out from there 5the three sons of Anak. 216But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the 7Jebusites 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 (8the 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 9we will treat you kindly.” 25So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, 10but 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, 11which is its name to this day.

2712But 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 13the 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 14Ephraim 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 15Nahalol; 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 16forced 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 17power of the house of Joseph 18grew strong, they became forced labor. 36The border of the Amorites ran from the 19ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.