Judges 1:21-29
Read Judges 1 in full →21aBut the sons of Benjamin did not dispossess the bJebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them. 23And the house of Joseph spied out Bethel (anow the name of the city was formerly Luz). 24Then the 1spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and awe will treat you with lovingkindness.” 25So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, abut they let the man and all his family go free. 26So the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz 1which is its name to this day.
Israel Fails to Complete the Conquest
27aBut Manasseh did not take possession of Beth-shean and its towns or Taanach and its towns or the inhabitants of Dor and its towns or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; so bthe Canaanites persisted to live in that land. 28And it happened when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not dispossess them completely.
29aAlso Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.