'Drive Them Out' in the Bible

so the Asherites lived in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out.

Now I say, I will not drive them out from before you; they will {become as thorns} for you, and their gods will be a trap for you."

So Yahweh left those nations; he did not drive them out at once, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.