23. When they sent men to spy on Bethel, previously named Luz,
24. the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, "Show us the way into the city, and we’ll be loyal to you in return."
25. So he showed them the way into the city. They killed the city’s people with their swords, but they let that man and all his relatives go.
26. The man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city. He named it Luz, which is still its name today.
27. The tribe of Manasseh didn’t drive out the people in Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, or any of their villages. The Canaanites were determined to live in that land.
28. When Israel became stronger they forced the Canaanites to work for them, but they didn’t completely drive them out.
29. The tribe of Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites kept on living there with them.