Judges 1:19-36

Modern English Version

¹⁹ The Lord was with Judah, and they took the hill country but could not drive out the inhabitants of the coastal plain, for they had iron chariots. ²⁰ They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove out the three sons of Anak. ²¹ However, the tribe of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live with the tribe of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

²² The descendants of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them. ²³ The descendants of Joseph sent spies into Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz). ²⁴ The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will deal kindly with you.” ²⁵ So he showed them an entrance to the city. They struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and his extended family go. ²⁶ The man went to the land of the Hittites. He built a city and named it Luz, and that is its name to this day.

²⁷ Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, or their daughter villages, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land. ²⁸ When the children of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to hard labor as slaves, but they did not actually drive them out. ²⁹ Ephraim did not drive out the inhabitants of Gezer, so the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer. ³⁰ Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them and became slave laborers. ³¹ Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Akko, Sidon, Ahlab, Akzib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob. ³² Asher lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out. ³³ Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath, so they live among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. The Canaanites of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became slave laborers for them. ³⁴ The Amorites pushed the tribe of Dan into the hill country, for they would not let them come down to the coastal plain. ³⁵ The Amorites were determined to live in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but the hand of the descendants of Joseph was heavy on them, and they became slave laborers. ³⁶ The border of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.