¹⁹ The Lord was with^(A) the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country,^(B) but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron.^{(C) 20} As Moses had promised, Hebron^(D) was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.^{(E) 21} The Benjamites, however, did not drive out^(F) the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem;^(G) to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

²² Now the tribes of Joseph^(H) attacked Bethel,^(I) and the Lord was with them. ²³ When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),^{(J) 24} the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well.^(K)” ²⁵ So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared^(L) the man and his whole family. ²⁶ He then went to the land of the Hittites,^(M) where he built a city and called it Luz,^(N) which is its name to this day.

²⁷ But Manasseh did not^(O) drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor^(P) or Ibleam^(Q) or Megiddo^(R) and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites^(S) were determined to live in that land. ²⁸ When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.^{(T) 29} Nor did Ephraim^(U) drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer,^(V) but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.^{(W) 30} Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor. ³¹ Nor did Asher^(X) drive out those living in Akko or Sidon^(Y) or Ahlab or Akzib^(Z) or Helbah or Aphek^(AA) or Rehob.^{(AB) 32} The Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they did not drive them out. ³³ Neither did Naphtali drive out those living in Beth Shemesh^(AC) or Beth Anath^(AD); but the Naphtalites too lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and those living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced laborers for them. ³⁴ The Amorites^(AE) confined the Danites^(AF) to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain.^{(AG) 35} And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres,^(AH) Aijalon^(AI) and Shaalbim,^(AJ) but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor. ³⁶ The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion Pass^(AK) to Sela^(AL) and beyond.^(AM)