17. Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.
18. Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.
19. Yahweh was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
20. They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.
21. The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22. The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.
23. The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)
24. The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”
25. He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.
26. The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
27. Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
28. When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.