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And Jehovah was with Judah, and he dispossessed the hills, but did not dispossess the ones living in the valley, for they had chariots of iron.

And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said. And He dispossessed the three sons of Anak from there.

And the sons of Benjamin did not dispossess the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. And the Jebusites live with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.

And the house of Joseph went up, they also against Bethel. And Jehovah was with them.

And the house of Joseph sent to spy around Bethel, and the name of the city formerly was Luz.

And those keeping watch saw a man coming out from the city and said to him, Let us see the entrance of the city, and we will deal with you with mercy.

And he showed them the entrance of the city. And they struck the city with the mouth of the sword; and they sent away the man and all his family.

And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called its name Luz; it is its name to this day.

And Manasseh had not dispossessed Beth-shean and its daughter-villages , or Taanach and its daughter-villages, nor struck the ones living in Dor and its daughter-villages , nor the ones living in Ibleam and its daughter-villages ; or the ones living in Megiddo and its daughter-villages . For the Canaanites desired to live in that land.

But it happened when Israel became strong, it happened that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not completely dispossess them.

And Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, and the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.

Zebulun did not dispossess the inhabitants of Kitron, and the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and they became forced-laborers.

And Asher did not dispossess the ones living in Accho, and the ones living in Sidon, and Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob.

And the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the ones living in the land, for they did not dispossess them.

Naphtali did not dispossess the ones living in Beth-shemesh, and the ones living in Beth-anath, and they lived among the Canaanites, the ones living in the land. But the ones living in Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath became forced-laborers to them.

And the Amorites pressed the sons of Dan into the hills, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley.

But the Amorites were determined to live in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim. Yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became forced-laborers.

And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock and upward.