18. Also Judah took Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron–each with its territory.
19. The Lord was with Judah, and [Judah] drove out the inhabitants of the hill country, but he could not drive out those inhabiting the [difficult] valley basin because they had chariots of iron.
20. Hebron was given to Caleb as Moses said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak. [Josh. 14:6, 9.]
21. But the Benjamites did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; the Jebusites dwell with the Benjamites in Jerusalem to this day.
22. The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
23. And the house of Joseph was sent to spy out Bethel. The name of the city formerly had been Luz.
24. And the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the way into the city and we will show you mercy.
25. When he showed them the entrance to the city, they smote the city with the sword, but they let the man and all his family go.
26. And the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
27. Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or of Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their villages, but the Canaanites remained in that land.
28. When Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor but did not utterly drive them out.
29. Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.