¹⁶ The descendants of Moses’ father-in-law,^(A) the Kenite,^(B) went up from the City of Palms^[a](C) with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.^(D)

¹⁷ Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites^(E) their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed^[b] the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.^{[c](F) 18} Judah also took^[d] Gaza,^(G) Ashkelon^(H) and Ekron—each city with its territory.

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

²² Now the tribes of Joseph^(P) attacked Bethel,^(Q) and the Lord was with them. ²³ When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),^{(R) 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.^(S)” ²⁵ So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared^(T) the man and his whole family. ²⁶ He then went to the land of the Hittites,^(U) where he built a city and called it Luz,^(V) which is its name to this day.

²⁷ But Manasseh did not^(W) drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor^(X) or Ibleam^(Y) or Megiddo^(Z) and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites^(AA) 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.^(AB)

The Angel of the Lord at Bokim

2 The angel of the Lord^(A) went up from Gilgal^(B) to Bokim^(C) and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt^(D) and led you into the land I swore to give to your ancestors.^(E) I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,^{(F) 2} and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land,^(G) but you shall break down their altars.^(H)’ Yet you have disobeyed^(I) me. Why have you done this? ³ And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you;^(J) they will become traps^(K) for you, and their gods will become snares^(L) to you.’”

⁴ When the angel of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,^{(M) 5} and they called that place Bokim.^[a](N) There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.