17. The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. So people now call the city Hormah.
18. The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the territory surrounding each of these cities.
19. The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.
20. Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.
21. The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day.
22. When the men of Joseph attacked Bethel, the Lord was with them.
23. When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz),
24. the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him, “If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”
25. He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.
26. He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.
27. The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shan, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo or their surrounding towns. The Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.
28. Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.
29. The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.