² and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must completely destroy^(A) them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.^(B)

¹⁶ You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God is delivering over to you and not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Benjamin’s Failure

²¹ At the same time the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites have lived among the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day.^(A)

Failure of the Other Tribes

²⁷ At that time Manasseh failed to take possession of Beth-shean^(A) and Taanach^(B) and their surrounding villages, or the residents of Dor,^(C) Ibleam,^(D) and Megiddo^(E) and their surrounding villages; the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.^{(F) 28} When Israel became stronger, they made the Canaanites serve as forced labor but never drove them out completely.^(G)

²⁹ At that time Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among them in Gezer.^(H)

³⁰ Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron or the residents of Nahalol,^(I) so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced labor.

³¹ Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco or of Sidon, or Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. ³² The Asherites lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, because they failed to drive them out.

³³ Naphtali did not drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh or the residents of Beth-anath. They lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, but the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served as their forced labor.

³⁴ The Amorites^(J) forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to go down into the valley. ³⁵ The Amorites were determined to stay in Har-heres, Aijalon,^(K) and Shaalbim. When the house of Joseph got the upper hand, the Amorites were made to serve as forced labor. ³⁶ The territory of the Amorites extended from the Scorpions’ Ascent,^(L) that is from Sela^(M) upward.