16. Now the sons of the Kenite, the relative of Moses, ascended from the City of Palms, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of his lot, which is toward the south of Arad. And they lived with him.
17. Then Judah went out with his brother Simeon, and together they struck the Canaanites who were living at Zephath, and they put them to death. And the name of the city was called Hormah, that is, Anathema.
18. And Judah seized Gaza, with its parts, and Ashkelon as well as Ekron, with their borders.
19. And the Lord was with Judah, and he possessed the mountains. But he was not able to wipe out the inhabitants of the valley. For they abounded with chariots armed with scythes.
20. And just as Moses had said, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who destroyed out of it the three sons of Anak.
21. But the sons of Benjamin did not wipe out the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem. And the Jebusite has lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem, even to the present day.
22. The house of Joseph also ascended against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
23. For when they were besieging the city, which was previously called Luz,
24. they saw a man departing from the city, and they said to him, "Reveal to us the entrance to the city, and we will act with mercy toward you."
25. And when he had revealed it to them, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But that man, and all his relatives, they released.